1.extending the legs at right angles to the trunks (one in front and the other in back)

2.a bottle containing half the usual amount

3.a promised or claimed share of loot or money;

he demanded his split before they disbanded

4.a lengthwise crack in wood;

he inserted the wedge into a split in the log

5.an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart;

there was a rip in his pants

6.a dessert of sliced fruit and ice cream covered with whipped cream and cherries and nuts

7.(tenpin bowling) a divided formation of pins left standing after the first bowl;

he was winning until he got a split in the tenth frame

8.an increase in the number of outstanding shares of a corporation without changing the shareholders' equity;

they announced a two-for-one split of the common stock

9.the act of rending or ripping or splitting something;

he gave the envelope a vigorous rip

10. division of a group into opposing factions;

another schism like that and they will wind up in bankruptcy

11.being divided or separated;

split between love and hate

12.having been divided; having the unity destroyed;

Congress...gave the impression of...a confusing sum of disconnected local forces-Samuel Lubell

13.broken or burst apart longitudinally;

after the thunderstorm we found a tree with a split trunk

14.having a long rip or tear;

a split lip

15.(especially of wood) cut or ripped longitudinally with the grain;

we bought split logs for the fireplace

1.separate into parts or portions;

divide the cake into three equal parts

2.separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument;

cleave the bone

3.discontinue an association or relation; go different ways;

The business partners broke over a tax question

4.go one's own away; move apart;

The friends separated after the party

5.break open or apart suddenly;

The bubble burst