splitting

3 definitions found

splitting - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Split \Split\ (spl[i^]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Split
     (Splitted, R.); p. pr. & vb. n. Splitting.] [Probably of
     Scand. or Low German origin; cf. Dan. splitte, LG. splitten,
     OD. splitten, spletten, D. splijten, G. spleissen, MHG.
     spl[imac]zen. Cf. Splice, Splint, Splinter.]
     1. To divide lengthwise; to separate from end to end, esp. by
        force; to divide in the direction of the grain or layers;
        to rive; to cleave; as, to split a piece of timber or a
        board; to split a gem; to split a sheepskin.
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              Cold winter split the rocks in twain. --Dryden.
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     2. To burst; to rupture; to rend; to tear asunder.
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              A huge vessel of exceeding hard marble split asunder
              by congealed water.                   --Boyle.
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     3. To divide or break up into parts or divisions, as by
        discord; to separate into parts or parties, as a political
        party; to disunite. [Colloq.] --South.
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     4. (Chem.) To divide or separate into components; -- often
        used with up; as, to split up sugar into alcohol and
        carbonic acid.
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     To split hairs, to make distinctions of useless nicety.
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splitting - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  splitting
      adj 1: resembling a sound of violent tearing as of something
             ripped apart or lightning splitting a tree; "the tree
             split with a great ripping sound"; "heard a rending roar
             as the crowd surged forward" [syn: rending, ripping,
             splitting]

splitting - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  70 Moby Thesaurus words for "splitting":
     abscission, acute, amputation, apportionment, budgeting,
     butchering, catalysis, catalyst, chopping, cleavage, cutting,
     cutting the pie, decay, dialysis, dichotomy, dissociation,
     dividing, division, divvy, drastic, enucleation, excessive,
     excision, exorbitant, extravagant, extreme, fierce, fission,
     furious, great, hydrolysis, hydrolyst, immoderate, intemperate,
     intense, keen, laceration, mutilation, outrageous, parceling,
     partition, partitioning, photolysis, piercing, portioning,
     rationing, rending, repartition, resection, rigorous, ripping,
     rough, scission, section, severance, severe, sharing, sharing out,
     sharp, slashing, slicing, surgery, tearing, thermolysis, tough,
     unconscionable, vehement, venomous, violent, virulent