split
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
- 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
- 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.
- A rainbow appears when raindrops bend sunlight and split it into its colours; you see one only with the Sun behind you.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «split» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.