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Antonyms for split

Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : split
Phonetic Transcription : splɪt

Definition of split

Origin :
  • 1580s, from Middle Dutch splitten, from Proto-Germanic *spl(e)it- (cf. Danish and Frisian splitte, Old Frisian splita, German spleißen "to split"), from PIE *(s)plei- "to split, splice" (see flint).
  • Meaning "leave, depart" first recorded 1954, U.S. slang. Of couples, "to separate, divorce" from 1942. To split the difference is from 1715; to split (one's) ticket in the U.S. political sense is attested from 1842. Splitting image "exact likeness" is from 1880. Split screen is from 1953; split shift is from 1955; split personality first attested 1919. Split-level as a type of building plan is recorded from 1952. Split-second first attested 1884, in reference to a type of stopwatch with two second hands that could be stopped independently; adjectival meaning "occurring in a fraction of a second" is from 1946.
  • noun opening
  • noun difference, disunion
  • verb break up, pull apart
  • verb divide into parts
Example sentences :
  • I think I'm just a split second surer and faster than you are with a gun.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • Yet it must have taken not more than the split part of a second.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • The rest they'll split up into several farms and rent for the present.
  • Extract from : « Dust » by Mr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius
  • A little later the larboard fore-sheet went, and the sail was split.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • Do not split it in half when you dish it, as is the practice with some cooks.
  • Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie
  • Put them, one at a time, into the cleft or split end of the larding-needle.
  • Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie
  • Pigeons may be split and broiled, like chickens; also stewed or fricasseed.
  • Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie
  • Divide them in pieces and split them, or cut them into slices.
  • Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie
  • Send them to table hot, and split them by pulling open with your hands.
  • Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie
  • Cut off the bills and split the heads; and cut the necks and gizzards into mouthfuls.
  • Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie

Synonyms for split

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