split

«split» in Mova's judaism dictionary: to divide something into parts or groups: split the class… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

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

meaning for a pupil

1) To split is to divide something into parts or groups: split the class into teams. tree →

2) To split is to break or tear along a line: the bag split. tree →

3) To split something is to share it: split a sandwich. tree →

4) A split is a crack or tear; «the splits» is a stretch with legs straight out in a line. tree →

sense 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

• Thy temples are like a pomegranate split open behind thy veil. (Writings SNG.6.7, JPS 1917) tree →
• 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 →
• Ben splits 6 cards equally into 3 boxes. How many cards go in each box? tree →
• 20 children split into 4 equal teams. tree →
• Mia and Zoe split 14 cherries equally. tree →
• Let's split the sandwich in half. tree →
• My bag split and my books fell out. tree →
• The teacher split us into groups of three. tree →
• Can you do the splits? tree →
• The old wood split down the middle. tree →
• The third says, "Split open, O Earth! disappear, O sister!" tree →

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 the corpora

• Thy temples are like a pomegranate split open behind thy veil.
• Buy now pay later splits a purchase into instalments; it is still borrowing, with charges if a payment is late.
• Twins are two babies from one pregnancy; identical twins come from one egg that split, so they look alike.
• Many famous bands have split up after arguments about who decides things; good bands talk, vote or take turns.
• Cells make copies of themselves by splitting in two, and your body makes millions of new cells every second.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «split» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.