split+apart
31apart — adv. Apart is used with these verbs: ↑break, ↑burst, ↑drift, ↑live, ↑pull, ↑space, ↑split, ↑spring, ↑tear …
32split — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. rive, rend, cleave, splinter; divide, separate, disunite, divorce; apportion; slang, leave, depart. See disjunction, brittleness, departure. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A dividing] Syn. separating,… …
33split compound verbs — Some writers, apparently inspired by a misguided dread of split infinitives (which see), are equally fastidious about not breaking up compound verbs, whatever the cost to idiom and clarity. (A compound verb is one made up of two elements, such …
34split jump — noun : a jump executed (as by a dancer) with legs extended horizontally and separated by 180 degrees * * * split jump, a jump in the air made in dancing with the legs spread far apart in opposite directions …
35split off — verb To break apart, on ones own rather than as part of the group …
36split hairs — Synonyms and related words: analyze, anatomize, around the bush, atomize, beat about, beg the question, bicker, boggle, cavil, change, chop logic, choplogic, contradistinguish, demarcate, demark, desynonymize, difference, differentiate,… …
37split — splɪt n. act of splitting; breach between people; share, portion; dessert of ice cream topped with fruit and other toppings; half pint v. divide; cleave; partition; separate; be divided; be separated; be cleaved; go away (Slang) adj. divided;… …
38split pin — noun a metal cotter pin with two arms passed through a hole, held in place by the springing apart of the arms …
39rear axle housing, split type — A rear axle housing made up of several pieces and bolted together. The housing must be split apart to remove the differential …
40come apart — verb become separated into pieces or fragments The figurine broke The freshly baked loaf fell apart • Syn: ↑break, ↑separate, ↑split up, ↑fall apart • See Also: ↑break up …
