break or cause to break forcibly into parts, especially into halves or along the grain

the ice cracked and split

split and toast the muffins

(with reference to a group of people) divide into two or more groups

let's split up and find the other two

once again the family was split up

(of one's head) suffer great pain from a headache

my head is splitting

betray the secrets of or inform on someone

I told him I wouldn't split on him

leave a place, especially suddenly

‘Let's split,’ Harvey said

a tear, crack, or fissure in something, especially down the middle or along the grain

splits appeared in the decaying planks

light squeezed through a small split in the curtain

(in gymnastics and dance) an act of leaping in the air or sitting down with the legs straight and at right angles to the body, one in front and the other behind, or one at each side

I could never do the splits before

a thing that is divided or split

the time taken to complete a recognized part of a race, or the point in the race where such a time is measured

a seaport on the coast of southern Croatia; population 177,500 (est. 2009). Founded as a Roman colony in 78 BC, it contains the ruins of the palace of the emperor Diocletian, built in about AD 300