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SPLIT UP
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An increase in the number of outstanding shares of a corporation without changing the shareholders' equity
Example:
they announced a two-for-one split of the common stock
Synonyms:
split; split up; stock split
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("split up" is a kind of...):
increase; step-up (the act of increasing something)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Become separated into pieces or fragments
Example:
The freshly baked loaf fell apart
Synonyms:
break; come apart; fall apart; separate; split up
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "split up" is one way to...):
change integrity (change in physical make-up)
Verb group:
break (destroy the integrity of; usually by force; cause to separate into pieces or fragments)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "split up"):
break open; burst; split (come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure)
puncture (be pierced or punctured)
burst; bust (break open or apart suddenly and forcefully)
smash (break suddenly into pieces, as from a violent blow)
ladder; run (come unraveled or undone as if by snagging)
crack; snap (break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension)
break up; fragment; fragmentise; fragmentize (break or cause to break into pieces)
crush (become injured, broken, or distorted by pressure)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Sense 2
Meaning:
Discontinue an association or relation; go different ways
Example:
My friend and I split up
Synonyms:
break; break up; part; separate; split; split up
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "split up"):
break; break away (interrupt a continued activity)
break away; secede; splinter (withdraw from an organization or communion)
divorce; split up (get a divorce; formally terminate a marriage)
break with (end a relationship)
disassociate; disjoint; dissociate; disunite; divorce (part; cease or break association with)
break apart; disunify (break up or separate)
give the axe; give the bounce; give the gate (terminate a relationship abruptly)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Sense 3
Meaning:
Separate into parts or portions
Example:
The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I
Synonyms:
carve up; dissever; divide; separate; split; split up
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "split up" is one way to...):
change integrity (change in physical make-up)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "split up"):
subdivide (divide into smaller and smaller pieces)
format; initialise; initialize (divide (a disk) into marked sectors so that it may store data)
sectionalise; sectionalize (divide into sections, especially into geographic sections)
triangulate (divide into triangles or give a triangular form to)
unitise; unitize (divide (bulk material) and process as units)
lot (divide into lots, as of land, for example)
parcel (divide into parts)
sliver; splinter (divide into slivers or splinters)
paragraph (divide into paragraphs, as of text)
canton (divide into cantons, of a country)
Balkanise; Balkanize (divide a territory into small, hostile states)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Sense 4
Meaning:
Get a divorce; formally terminate a marriage
Example:
The couple divorced after only 6 months
Synonyms:
divorce; split up
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "split up" is one way to...):
break; break up; part; separate; split; split up (discontinue an association or relation; go different ways)
"Split up" entails doing...:
conjoin; espouse; get hitched with; get married; hook up with; marry; wed (take in marriage)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody
Sentence example:
Sam and Sue split up
