(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
(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