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# split

verb (split, splits, split, splitting); noun (a split, splits)

«split» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To split is to divide something into parts or groups: split the class into teams. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/split/#m1)
2. To split is to break or tear along a line: the bag split. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/split/#m2)
3. To split something is to share it: split a sandwich. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/split/#m3)
4. A split is a crack or tear; «the splits» is a stretch with legs straight out in a line. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/split/#m4)

### In the lessons

dividing a total equally into groups or boxes («splits N equally into K» = N ÷ K); «split between A and B» = two parts; in everyday life splitting a snack, splitting the bill; in sport and dance «doing the splits»; in science a log splits along its grain

### Examples

- Ben splits 6 cards equally into 3 boxes. How many cards go in each box? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/split/#x1)
- 20 children split into 4 equal teams. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/split/#x2)
- Mia and Zoe split 14 cherries equally. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/split/#x3)
- Let's split the sandwich in half. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/split/#x4)
- My bag split and my books fell out. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/split/#x5)
- The teacher split us into groups of three. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/split/#x6)
- Can you do the splits? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/split/#x7)
- The old wood split down the middle. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/split/#x8)
- The third says, "Split open, O Earth! disappear, O sister!" [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/split/#x9)

### Note

«splits N equally into K» is N ÷ K. Trap: «split between A and B» means two parts. Past form is also «split» (not «splitted»); «splitting» has double t.

## In Jewish tradition

dividing a total equally into groups or boxes («splits N equally into K» = N ÷ K); «split between A and B» = two parts; in everyday life splitting a snack, splitting the bill; in sport and dance «doing the splits»; in science a log splits along its grain

### Examples

- Thy temples are like a pomegranate split open behind thy veil. (Writings SNG.6.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/split/#x1)
- Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, and thy mouth is comely; thy temples are like a pomegranate split open behind thy veil. (Writings SNG.4.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/split/#x2)

### Note

«splits N equally into K» is N ÷ K. Trap: «split between A and B» means two parts. Past form is also «split» (not «splitted»); «splitting» has double t.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «split» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/split/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«split» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/split.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «split» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/split/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«split» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/split.html) on Mova free.