All split synonyms
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S s noun split
- quota β the share or proportional part of a total that is required from, or is due or belongs to, a particular district, state, person, group, etc.
- fifty-fifty β equally good and bad, likely and unlikely, favorable and unfavorable, etc.: a fifty-fifty chance of winning.
- breakaway β A breakaway group is a group of people who have separated from a larger group, for example because of a disagreement.
- bone to pick β (usually with with) An item of disagreement to complain about or resolve.
- annuity β An annuity is an investment or insurance policy that pays someone a fixed sum of money each year.
- cranny β Crannies are very narrow openings or spaces in something.
- dichotomy β If there is a dichotomy between two things, there is a very great difference or opposition between them.
- allotment β In Britain, an allotment is a small area of land in a town which a person rents to grow plants and vegetables on.
- hole β an opening through something; gap; aperture: a hole in the roof; a hole in my sock.
- chasm β A chasm is a very deep crack in rock, earth, or ice.
- annulment β The annulment of a contract or marriage is an official declaration that it is invalid, so that legally it is considered never to have existed.
- decree nisi β A decree nisi is an order made by a court which states that a divorce must take place at a certain time in the future unless a good reason is produced to prevent this.
- crevice β A crevice is a narrow crack or gap, especially in a rock.
- disjointedness β having the joints or connections separated: a disjointed fowl.
- disconnectedness β The characteristic of being disconnected.
- disjunction β the act of disjoining or the state of being disjoined: a disjunction between thought and action.
- delimitation β delimit.
- disjuncture β the act of disjoining or the state of being disjoined; disjunction.
verb split
- clear out β If you tell someone to clear out of a place or to clear out, you are telling them rather rudely to leave the place.
- lay low β situated, placed, or occurring not far above the ground, floor, or base: a low shelf.
- blow β When a wind or breeze blows, the air moves.
- diverge β to move, lie, or extend in different directions from a common point; branch off.
- make one's way β manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at a matter; to reply in a polite way.
- branch out β If a person or an organization branches out, they do something that is different from their normal activities or work.
- mow down β to cut down (grass, grain, etc.) with a scythe or a machine.
- bifurcate β If something such as a line or path bifurcates or is bifurcated, it divides into two parts which go in different directions.
- hacking β a rack for drying food, as fish.
- excurse β To journey or pass through.
- gave β simple past tense of give.
- dehisced β Simple past tense and past participle of dehisce.
- desert β A desert is a large area of land, usually in a hot region, where there is almost no water, rain, trees, or plants.
- get going β an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal: the get of a stallion.
- go away β leave!
- go over the hill β a natural elevation of the earth's surface, smaller than a mountain.
- breaching β the act or a result of breaking; break or rupture.
- make way β manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at a matter; to reply in a polite way.
- git β British Slang. a foolish or contemptible person.
- bug off β to stop annoying someone and leave
- make for β to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
- get out β an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal: the get of a stallion.
- cut across β If an issue or problem cuts across the division between two or more groups of people, it affects or matters to people in all the groups.
- locomoted β Simple past tense and past participle of locomote.
- abscind β to cut off
adj split
- dichotomous β divided or dividing into two parts.
- awol β If someone in the Armed Forces goes AWOL, they leave their post without the permission of a superior officer. AWOL is an abbreviation for 'absent without leave'.
- disjointed β Mathematics. (of two sets) having no common elements. (of a system of sets) having the property that every pair of sets is disjoint.
- cracked β An object that is cracked has lines on its surface because it is damaged.
adjective split
- crannied β full of crannies or chinks
adv split
- in half β one of two equal or approximately equal parts of a divisible whole, as an object, or unit of measure or time; a part of a whole equal or almost equal to the remainder.