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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/split/#m1)

2) To split is to break or tear along a line: the bag split. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/split/#m2)

3) To split something is to share it: split a sandwich. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/split/#m3)

4) A split is a crack or tear; «the splits» is a stretch with legs straight out in a line. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/split/#m4)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/split/#x1)
- 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/split/#x2)
- Ben splits 6 cards equally into 3 boxes. How many cards go in each box? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/split/#x3)
- 20 children split into 4 equal teams. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/split/#x4)
- Mia and Zoe split 14 cherries equally. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/split/#x5)
- Let's split the sandwich in half. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/split/#x6)
- My bag split and my books fell out. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/split/#x7)
- The teacher split us into groups of three. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/split/#x8)
- Can you do the splits? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/split/#x9)
- The old wood split down the middle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/split/#x10)
- The third says, "Split open, O Earth! disappear, O sister!" [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/split/#x11)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/SNG.94/)
- [Buy now pay later splits a purchase into instalments; it is still borrowing, with charges if a payment is late.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/8-borrowing-and-debt/17/)
- [Twins are two babies from one pregnancy; identical twins come from one egg that split, so they look alike.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/18-were-having-a-baby/19/)
- [Many famous bands have split up after arguments about who decides things; good bands talk, vote or take turns.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/4-starting-a-band/15/)
- [Cells make copies of themselves by splitting in two, and your body makes millions of new cells every second.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/256-the-microscopic-world-cells-the-building-blocks-of-life/13/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «split» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/split/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.