Are you trying to hyphenate splits? Unfortunately it cannot be hyphenated because it only contains one syllable.
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Extending the legs at right angles to the trunk (one in front and the other in back) |
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A bottle containing half the usual amount |
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A promised or claimed share of loot or money He demanded his split before they disbanded |
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A lengthwise crack in wood He inserted the wedge into a split in the log |
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An opening made forcibly as by pulling apart There was a rip in his pants She had snags in her stockings |
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An old Croatian city on the Adriatic Sea |
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A dessert of sliced fruit and ice cream covered with whipped cream and cherries and nuts |
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(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 |
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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 |
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The act of rending or ripping or splitting something He gave the envelope a vigorous rip |
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Division of a group into opposing factions Another schism like that and they will wind up in bankruptcy |
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Separate into parts or portions Divide the cake into three equal parts The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I |
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Separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument Cleave the bone |
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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 |
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Go one's own way Move apart The friends separated after the party |
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Come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure The bubble burst |
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Having been divided Having the unity destroyed Congress...gave the impression of...a confusing sum of disconnected local forces-Samuel Lubell A league of disunited nations- E.B.White A fragmented coalition A split group |
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(especially of wood) cut or ripped longitudinally with the grain We bought split logs for the fireplace |