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split
1. v. Fendre.
He busied himself splitting wood for the fire.
Il s'occupa à couper du bois pour le feu.
2. v. Diviser, se diviser.
The developers split the property into tiny lots, and cut down all the trees.
Les constructeurs/lotisseurs divisèrent la propriété en toutes petites parcelles, et abattirent tous les arbres.
After a short distance, the road splits into two lanes.
Après une courte distance, la route se sépare en deux voies.
3. v. Partager.
Would you like to split this hamburger with me? It's too big for one person.
Voudrais-tu bien partager ce hamburger avec moi ? Il est trop gros pour une seule personne.
4. v. (Familier) Filer.
Let's split; I want to go get something to eat.
Filons ; je veux aller prendre quelque chose à manger.
5. n. Division.
6. n. Grand écart.
To do the splits.
Faire le grand écart.
7. n. (Ling) Scission phonémique.
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split
1. adj. Divided.
Republicans appear split on the centerpiece of Mr. Obama's economic recovery plan.
2. adj. (algebra, of a short exact sequence) Having the middle group equal to the direct product of the others.
3. adj. (of coffee) Comprising half decaffeinated and half caffeinated espresso.
4. adj. (stock exchange, of an order, sale, etc.) Divided so as to be done or executed part at one time or price and part at another time or price.
5. adj. (stock exchange, historical, of quotations) Given in sixteenths rather than the usual eighths.
10\frac316 is a split quotation.
6. adj. (London stock exchange) Designating ordinary stock that has been divided into preferred ordinary and deferred ordinary.
7. n. A crack or longitudinal fissure.
8. n. A breach or separation, as in a political party; a division.
9. n. A piece that is split off, or made thin, by splitting; a splinter; a fragment.
10. n. (leather manufacture) One of the sections of a skin made by dividing it into two or more thicknesses.
11. n. (gymnastics, cheerleading, dance, usually in the phrase “to do the splits”) A maneuver of spreading or sliding the feet apart until the legs are flat on the floor 180 degrees apart, either sideways to
12. n. (baseball, slang) A split-finger fastball.
He’s got a nasty split.
13. n. (bowling) A result of a first throw that leaves two or more pins standing with one or more pins between them knocked down.
14. n. A split shot or split stroke.
15. n. A dessert or confection resembling a banana split.
16. n. A unit of measure used for champagne or other spirits: 18.75 centiliter or 1/4 quarter of a standard .75 liter bottle. Commercially comparable to 1/20th (US) gallon, which is 1/2 of a fifth.
17. n. A bottle of wine containing 0.375 liters, 1/2 the volume of a standard .75 liter bottle; a demi.
18. n. (athletics) The elapsed time at specific intermediate points in a race.
In the 3000m race, his 800m split was 1:45.32
19. n. (video games) The elapsed time at specific intermediate points in a speedrun.
20. n. (construction) A tear resulting from tensile stresses.
21. n. (gambling) A division of a stake happening when two cards of the kind on which the stake is laid are dealt in the same turn.
22. n. (music) A recording containing songs by multiple artists.
23. v. (transitive, ergative) Of something solid, to divide fully or partly along a more or less straight line.
He has split his lip.
24. v. (intransitive) Of something solid particularly wood, to break along the grain fully or partly along a more or less straight line.
25. v. To share; to divide.
We split the money among three people.
26. v. (slang) To leave.
Let's split this scene and see if we can find a real party.
27. v. To separate or break up.
Did you hear Dick and Jane split? They'll probably get a divorce.
28. v. (algebra, transitive, and intransitive, acts on a polynomial) To factor into linear factors.
29. v. To be broken; to be dashed to pieces.
30. v. To burst out laughing.
31. v. (slang) To divulge a secret; to betray confidence; to peach.
32. v. (sports) In athletics (esp. baseball), when both teams involved in a doubleheader each win one game and lose another game.
Boston split with Philadelphia in a doubleheader, winning the first game 3-1 before losing 2-0 in the nightcap.

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Exemples de phrases

When I said that work had got busy so could we split the housework my husband pulled a face.      Quand j'ai dit que le travail était devenu plus prenant et que nous pourrions partager les tâches domestiques, mon époux a fait la tête. Let's split the bill today.      Partageons l'addition aujourd'hui. The story was so funny that I split my sides.      L'histoire était tellement drôle, je me suis tenu les côtes. A sharp crack of thunder split the sky.      Un coup de tonnerre fendit le ciel en deux. The two of us split up last year.      Nous nous sommes tous deux séparés l'année dernière.

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