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  • 31split — I UK [splɪt] / US verb Word forms split : present tense I/you/we/they split he/she/it splits present participle splitting past tense split past participle split ** 1) split or split up [intransitive/transitive] to divide into smaller groups, or… …

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  • 32split — v. & n. v. (splitting; past and past part. split) 1 intr. & tr. a break or cause to break forcibly into parts, esp. with the grain or into halves. b (often foll. by up) divide into parts (split into groups; split up the money equally). 2 tr. &… …

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  • 33Split — v. & n. v. (splitting; past and past part. split) 1 intr. & tr. a break or cause to break forcibly into parts, esp. with the grain or into halves. b (often foll. by up) divide into parts (split into groups; split up the money equally). 2 tr. &… …

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  • 34split — 1. verb 1) the ax split the wood Syn: break, chop, cut, hew, lop, cleave; snap, crack 2) the ice cracked and split Syn: break apart, fracture, rupture, fissure …

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  • 35split —   Wāhi.   Also: wāhia, wāwahia, akaka, mahae, nahā, ho onahā, owā; kōhi (as breadfruit); ōwae (as dry earth);    ♦ split open, makili, kūlepe.   Rare: lepeulu, muaiwa, uwia.    ♦ Splitting of a breadfruit, kōhina.    ♦ Split hairs, ainemanema …

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  • 36split ends — UK US noun [plural] a condition in which the ends of your hair are split into two or more parts Thesaurus: words used to describe the state of people s hairhyponym * * * noun [plural] : hairs that have become dry or damaged and have split apart… …

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  • 37split|ter — «SPLIHT uhr», noun. 1. a person or thing that splits. 2. Figurative. a person who splits hairs …

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  • 38split ends — N PLURAL If you have split ends, some of your hairs are split at the ends because they are dry or damaged …

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  • 39hair·split·ting — /ˈheɚˌsplıtıŋ/ noun [noncount] : the act of arguing about differences that are too small to be important The lawyers have been engaging in legalistic hairsplitting. see also split hairs at ↑hair hairsplitting adj lawyers making …

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  • 40Splitted — Split Split (spl[i^]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Split} ({Splitted}, R.); p. pr. & vb. n. {Splitting}.] [Probably of Scand. or Low German origin; cf. Dan. splitte, LG. splitten, OD. splitten, spletten, D. splijten, G. spleissen, MHG. spl[=i]zen. Cf.… …

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