'Splitting' definitions:
Definition of 'splitting'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Splitting'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Cold winter split the rocks in twain. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To burst; to rupture; to rend; to tear asunder. [1913 Webster]
- A huge vessel of exceeding hard marble split asunder by congealed water. --Boyle. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Chem.) To divide or separate into components; -- often used with up; as, to split up sugar into alcohol and carbonic acid. [1913 Webster]
- To split hairs, to make distinctions of useless nicety. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'splitting'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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
Words containing 'Splitting'
- Split,
- Splitted,
- split down,
- split up,
- Phase splitting,
- Split dynamometer,
- Split infinitive,
- Split key,
- Split pease,
- Split pin,
- Split pulley,
- Split ring,
- Split stitch,
- Split stuff,
- Split switch,
- Split ticket,
- Split wheel,
- To split hairs,
- To split on a rock,
- banana split,
- ear splitting,
- fee splitting,
- lickety split,
- reverse split,
- split decision,
- split end,
- split hairs,
- split level,
- split personality,
- split rail,
- split run,
- split second,
- split shift,
- split shot,
- split stroke,
- split the difference,
- stock split,
- Ear-splitting,
- Split-tail,
- Split-tongued,
- reverse stock split,
- split-pea,
- word-splitting,
- cut gashed slashed split,
- split-brain technique,
- split-half correlation,
- split-pea soup