vverb.socialseparate into parts or portionsSynset:carve up dissever divide separate split split up
Examples:- divide the cake into three equal parts
- The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I
Antonyms:unite
Derivationally Related Form:divisibledivisiondividersplit
Hypernyms:change integrity
Inherited Hypernyms:dividechange integritychange
Direct Hyponyms:BalkaniseBalkanizecantonformatinitialiseinitializelotparagraphparcelsectionalisesectionalizesliversplintersubdividetriangulateunitiseunitize
Full Troponyms:balkanizecantonformatlotparagraphparcelsectionalizesliversubdividetriangulateunitize
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody | Something ---s something
vverb.contactseparate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrumentSynset:cleave rive split
Derivationally Related Form:cleavagecleavercleftsplitsplitter
Hypernyms:tear
Inherited Hypernyms:cleavetearseparatemove
Direct Hyponyms:laminatemaul
Full Troponyms:laminatemaul
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s | Something ---s something | The girls --- the wooden sticks (apply to: split)
vverb.socialdiscontinue an association or relation; go different waysSynset:break break up part separate split split up
Examples:- The business partners broke over a tax question
- The couple separated after 25 years of marriage
- My friend and I split up
Derivationally Related Form:separationbreakseparatistbreakupsplit
Inherited Hypernyms:separate
Direct Hyponyms:breakbreak apartbreak awaybreak withdisassociatedisjointdissociatedisunifydisunitedivorcegive the axegive the bouncegive the gatesecedesplintersplit up
Full Troponyms:breakbreak withdisassociatedisunifydivorcegive the axesecede
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s
vverb.motiongo one's own way; move apartSynset:part separate split
Examples:- The friends separated after the party
Derivationally Related Form:separationsplitparting
Hypernyms:move
Inherited Hypernyms:separatemove
Direct Hyponyms:break updiffractdispersedissipatescatterspread out
Full Troponyms:aerosolizebreakbreak updiffractdisbanddispersevolley
Sentence Frame:Something ---s | Somebody ---s
vverb.changecome open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressureSynset:break open burst split
Derivationally Related Form:splitburst
Hypernyms:break come apart fall apart separate split up
Inherited Hypernyms:burstbreakchange integritychange
Direct Hyponyms:blowpopstavestave in
Full Troponyms:blowpopstave
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s | Something ---s something | The wooden sticks --- (apply to: split)
adj satadj.allresembling a sound of violent tearing as of something ripped apart or lightning splitting a treeSynset:rending ripping
Examples:- the tree split with a great ripping sound
- heard a rending roar as the crowd surged forward
Antonyms:euphonious
Inherited Hypernyms:rending
Similar to:cacophonic cacophonous