split

Universal Words verb, noun verb (splitting, split, split) divide 1 to divide, or to make a group of people divide, into smaller groups that have very different opinions: [VN] a debate that has split the country down the middle * [V] The committee split over government subsidies. 2 ~ (sth) (into sth) to divide, or to make sth divide, into two or more parts: [VN] She split the class into groups of four. * [V] The results split neatly into two groups. * Slate splits easily into thin sheets. seealsoSPLITUP 3 [VN] ~ sth (between sb/sth)