split

verb
splĭt

To divide fully or partly along a more or less straight line.

Example

“He has split his lip.”

Other meanings

Of something solid, particularly wood, to break along the grain fully or partly along a more or less straight line.
To share; to divide.
“We split the money among three people.”

Example sentences

“His parents split up when he was young.”
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“It feels like my hand is being split in half.”
Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

Word history

From Middle Low German "splitten" (to split).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “split” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.