We found 8 definitions of split up from 3 different sources.
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split up - 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" | ||
split, stock split | ||
Verb |
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split up - separate into parts or portions; "divide the cake into three equal parts"; "The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I" | ||
divide, split, separate, dissever, carve up | ||
unify, unite become one; "Germany unified officially in 1990"; "the cells merge" | ||
change integrity change in physical make-up | ||
subdivide divide into smaller and smaller pieces; "This apartment cannot be subdivided any further!" | ||
initialise, initialize, format assign an initial value to a computer program | ||
sectionalise, sectionalize divide into sections, especially into geographic sections; "sectionalize a country" | ||
triangulate survey by triangulation; "The land surveyor worked by triangulating the plot" | ||
unitise, unitize separate or classify into units; "The hospital was unitized for efficiency" | ||
lot divide into lots, as of land, for example | ||
parcel make into a wrapped container | ||
sliver, splinter form into slivers; "sliver wood" | ||
paragraph write paragraphs; work as a paragrapher | ||
canton divide into cantons, of a country | ||
balkanise, balkanize divide a territory into small, hostile states | ||
split up - become separated into pieces or fragments; "The figurine broke"; "The freshly baked loaf fell apart" | ||
break, separate, fall apart, come apart | ||
change integrity change in physical make-up | ||
decompose, break down, break up separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts | ||
break open, split, burst open with force; "He broke open the picnic basket" | ||
puncture be pierced or punctured; "The tire punctured" | ||
bust, burst come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure; "The bubble burst" | ||
smash break suddenly into pieces, as from a violent blow; "The window smashed" | ||
ladder, run come unraveled or undone as if by snagging; "Her nylons were running" | ||
break weaken or destroy in spirit or body; "His resistance was broken"; "a man broken by the terrible experience of near-death" | ||
crack, snap break into simpler molecules by means of heat; "The petroleum cracked" | ||
fragment, fragmentise, fragmentize, break up laugh unrestrainedly | ||
crush break into small pieces; "The car crushed the toy" | ||
split up - discontinue an association or relation; go different ways; "The business partners broke over a tax question"; "The couple separated after 25 years of marriage"; "My friend and I split up" | ||
separate, part, split, break, break up | ||
give the bounce, give the gate, give the axe terminate a relationship abruptly; "Mary gave John the axe after she saw him with another woman" | ||
disunify, break apart break up or separate; "The country is disunifying"; "Yugoslavia broke apart after 1989" | ||
disassociate, disunite, divorce, dissociate, disjoint part; cease or break association with; "She disassociated herself from the organization when she found out the identity of the president" | ||
break with end a relationship; "China broke with Russia" | ||
divorce, split up get a divorce; formally terminate a marriage; "The couple divorced after only 6 months" | ||
secede, splinter, break away withdraw from an organization or communion; "After the break up of the Soviet Union, many republics broke away" | ||
break away, break weaken or destroy in spirit or body; "His resistance was broken"; "a man broken by the terrible experience of near-death" | ||
split up - get a divorce; formally terminate a marriage; "The couple divorced after only 6 months" | ||
divorce | ||
get hitched with, get married, hook up with, conjoin, marry, wed, espouse take in marriage | ||
split up, part, split, separate, break up, break divide into components or constituents; "Separate the wheat from the chaff" |