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    split
    /splɪt/

    verb

    • 1. break or cause to break forcibly into parts, especially into halves or along the grain: "the ice cracked and split" Similar breakchopcuthew
    • 2. (with reference to a group of people) divide into two or more groups: "let's split up and find the other two"

    noun

    • 1. a tear, crack, or fissure in something, especially down the middle or along the grain: "splits appeared in the decaying planks" Similar crackfissurecleftcrevice
    • 2. (in gymnastics and dance) an act of leaping in the air or sitting down with the legs straight and at right angles to the body, one in front and the other behind, or one at each side: "I could never do the splits before"

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