| parting | | |
| n. (act) | 1. farewell, leave, leave-taking, parting | the act of departing politely.; "he disliked long farewells"; "he took his leave"; "parting is such sweet sorrow" |
| ~ departure, going, going away, leaving | the act of departing. |
| ~ valediction | the act of saying farewell. |
| n. (body) | 2. part, parting | a line of scalp that can be seen when sections of hair are combed in opposite directions.; "his part was right in the middle" |
| ~ hair | a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss.; "he combed his hair"; "each hair consists of layers of dead keratinized cells" |
| ~ line | a spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent. |
| chip | | |
| n. (object) | 1. bit, chip, flake, fleck, scrap | a small fragment of something broken off from the whole.; "a bit of rock caught him in the eye" |
| ~ fragment | a piece broken off or cut off of something else.; "a fragment of rock" |
| ~ matchwood | fragments of wood.; "it was smashed into matchwood" |
| ~ exfoliation, scurf, scale | a thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin. |
| ~ scurf | (botany) a covering that resembles scales or bran that covers some plant parts. |
| ~ sliver, splinter | a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal.; "he got a splinter in his finger"; "it broke into slivers" |
| n. (artifact) | 2. chip | a triangular wooden float attached to the end of a log line. |
| ~ sailing, seafaring, navigation | the work of a sailor. |
| ~ float | something that floats on the surface of water. |
| n. (object) | 3. buffalo chip, chip, cow chip, cow dung | a piece of dried bovine dung. |
| ~ droppings, dung, muck | fecal matter of animals. |
| n. (food) | 4. chip, crisp, potato chip, saratoga chip | a thin crisp slice of potato fried in deep fat. |
| ~ snack food | food for light meals or for eating between meals. |
| n. (attribute) | 5. check, chip | a mark left after a small piece has been chopped or broken off of something. |
| ~ blemish, mar, defect | a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body).; "a facial blemish" |
| n. (artifact) | 6. chip, poker chip | a small disk-shaped counter used to represent money when gambling. |
| ~ blue chip | a blue poker chip with the highest value. |
| ~ counter | game equipment (as a piece of wood, plastic, or ivory) used for keeping a count or reserving a space in various card or board games. |
| n. (artifact) | 7. chip, micro chip, microchip, microprocessor chip, silicon chip | electronic equipment consisting of a small crystal of a silicon semiconductor fabricated to carry out a number of electronic functions in an integrated circuit. |
| ~ biochip | a microchip that uses tiny strands of DNA to latch onto and quickly recognize thousands of genes at a time; intended for use in a biological environment. |
| ~ computer, computing device, computing machine, data processor, electronic computer, information processing system | a machine for performing calculations automatically. |
| ~ dna chip, gene chip | a microchip that holds DNA probes that form half of the DNA double helix and can recognize DNA from samples being tested. |
| ~ integrated circuit, microcircuit | a microelectronic computer circuit incorporated into a chip or semiconductor; a whole system rather than a single component. |
| ~ memory chip | a RAM microchip that can be plugged into a computer to provide additional memory. |
| ~ microprocessor | integrated circuit semiconductor chip that performs the bulk of the processing and controls the parts of a system.; "a microprocessor functions as the central processing unit of a microcomputer"; "a disk drive contains a microprocessor to handle the internal functions of the drive" |
| ~ semiconductor device, semiconductor unit, semiconductor | a conductor made with semiconducting material. |
| n. (act) | 8. chip, chip shot | (golf) a low running approach shot. |
| ~ golf, golf game | a game played on a large open course with 9 or 18 holes; the object is use as few strokes as possible in playing all the holes. |
| ~ approach shot, approach | a relatively short golf shot intended to put the ball onto the putting green.; "he lost the hole when his approach rolled over the green" |
| n. (act) | 9. chip, chipping, splintering | the act of chipping something. |
| ~ breaking, breakage, break | the act of breaking something.; "the breakage was unavoidable" |
| v. (contact) | 10. break away, break off, chip, chip off, come off | break off (a piece from a whole).; "Her tooth chipped" |
| ~ flake off, peel, flake, peel off | come off in flakes or thin small pieces.; "The paint in my house is peeling off" |
| ~ exfoliate | come off in a very thin piece. |
| ~ divide, part, separate | come apart.; "The two pieces that we had glued separated" |
| v. (contact) | 11. chip, nick | cut a nick into. |
| ~ cut | separate with or as if with an instrument.; "Cut the rope" |
| v. (contact) | 12. chip | play a chip shot. |
| ~ golf, golf game | a game played on a large open course with 9 or 18 holes; the object is use as few strokes as possible in playing all the holes. |
| ~ shoot | throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective.; "shoot craps"; "shoot a golf ball" |
| v. (contact) | 13. chip | form by chipping.; "They chipped their names in the stone" |
| ~ shape, mould, mold, form, forge, work | make something, usually for a specific function.; "She molded the rice balls carefully"; "Form cylinders from the dough"; "shape a figure"; "Work the metal into a sword" |
| v. (contact) | 14. break off, chip, cut off, knap | break a small piece off from.; "chip the glass"; "chip a tooth" |
| ~ cut | separate with or as if with an instrument.; "Cut the rope" |
| spall | | |
| n. (object) | 1. spall, spawl | a fragment broken off from the edge or face of stone or ore and having at least one thin edge.; "a truck bearing a mound of blue spalls" |
| ~ fragment | a piece broken off or cut off of something else.; "a fragment of rock" |
| splinter | | |
| n. (object) | 1. sliver, splinter | a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal.; "he got a splinter in his finger"; "it broke into slivers" |
| ~ chip, fleck, scrap, bit, flake | a small fragment of something broken off from the whole.; "a bit of rock caught him in the eye" |
| v. (social) | 2. break away, secede, splinter | withdraw from an organization or communion.; "After the break up of the Soviet Union, many republics broke away" |
| ~ break up, part, split, split up, separate, break | 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" |
| v. (social) | 3. sliver, splinter | divide into slivers or splinters. |
| ~ carve up, dissever, divide, split, split up, separate | separate into parts or portions.; "divide the cake into three equal parts"; "The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I" |
| v. (change) | 4. sliver, splinter | break up into splinters or slivers.; "The wood splintered" |
| ~ fragment, fragmentise, fragmentize, break up | break or cause to break into pieces.; "The plate fragmented" |
| split | | |
| n. (act) | 1. split | extending the legs at right angles to the trunk (one in front and the other in back). |
| ~ acrobatic feat, acrobatic stunt | a stunt performed by an acrobat. |
| n. (quantity) | 2. split | a bottle containing half the usual amount. |
| ~ bottleful, bottle | the quantity contained in a bottle. |
| n. (possession) | 3. split | a promised or claimed share of loot or money.; "he demanded his split before they disbanded" |
| ~ share, percentage, portion, part | assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group.; "he wanted his share in cash" |
| n. (object) | 4. split | a lengthwise crack in wood.; "he inserted the wedge into a split in the log" |
| ~ crack, scissure, cleft, crevice, fissure | a long narrow opening. |
| n. (object) | 5. rent, rip, snag, split, tear | an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart.; "there was a rip in his pants"; "she had snags in her stockings" |
| ~ opening, gap | an open or empty space in or between things.; "there was a small opening between the trees"; "the explosion made a gap in the wall" |
| n. (location) | 6. split | an old Croatian city on the Adriatic Sea. |
| ~ city, metropolis, urban center | a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts.; "Ancient Troy was a great city" |
| ~ croatia, hrvatska, republic of croatia | a republic in the western Balkans in south-central Europe in the eastern Adriatic coastal area; formerly part of the Habsburg monarchy and Yugoslavia; became independent in 1991. |
| n. (food) | 7. split | a dessert of sliced fruit and ice cream covered with whipped cream and cherries and nuts. |
| ~ frozen dessert | any of various desserts prepared by freezing. |
| ~ banana split | a banana split lengthwise and topped with scoops of ice cream and sauces and nuts and whipped cream. |
| n. (artifact) | 8. split | (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" |
| ~ tenpin bowling, tenpins | bowling down an alley at a target of ten wooden pins. |
| ~ formation | a particular spatial arrangement. |
| n. (act) | 9. split, split up, stock split | 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" |
| ~ step-up, increase | the act of increasing something.; "he gave me an increase in salary" |
| n. (act) | 10. rent, rip, split | the act of rending or ripping or splitting something.; "he gave the envelope a vigorous rip" |
| ~ tear | the act of tearing.; "he took the manuscript in both hands and gave it a mighty tear" |
| n. (act) | 11. schism, split | division of a group into opposing factions.; "another schism like that and they will wind up in bankruptcy" |
| ~ division | the act or process of dividing. |
| v. (social) | 12. carve up, dissever, divide, separate, split, 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" |
| ~ change integrity | change in physical make-up. |
| ~ subdivide | divide into smaller and smaller pieces.; "This apartment cannot be subdivided any further!" |
| ~ initialise, initialize, format | divide (a disk) into marked sectors so that it may store data.; "Please format this disk before entering data!" |
| ~ sectionalise, sectionalize | divide into sections, especially into geographic sections.; "sectionalize a country" |
| ~ triangulate | divide into triangles or give a triangular form to.; "triangulate the piece of cardboard" |
| ~ unitise, unitize | divide (bulk material) and process as units. |
| ~ lot | divide into lots, as of land, for example. |
| ~ parcel | divide into parts.; "The developers parceled the land" |
| ~ sliver, splinter | divide into slivers or splinters. |
| ~ paragraph | divide into paragraphs, as of text.; "This story is well paragraphed" |
| ~ canton | divide into cantons, of a country. |
| ~ balkanise, balkanize | divide a territory into small, hostile states. |
| v. (contact) | 13. cleave, rive, split | separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument.; "cleave the bone" |
| ~ maul | split (wood) with a maul and wedges. |
| ~ laminate | split (wood) into thin sheets. |
| ~ tear | to separate or be separated by force.; "planks were in danger of being torn from the crossbars" |
| ~ cleave | make by cutting into.; "The water is going to cleave a channel into the rock" |
| v. (social) | 14. break, break up, part, separate, split, 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" |
| ~ 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, disjoint, dissociate, disunite, divorce | 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" |
| ~ split up, divorce | 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 | interrupt a continued activity.; "She had broken with the traditional patterns" |
| v. (motion) | 15. part, separate, split | go one's own way; move apart.; "The friends separated after the party" |
| ~ move | move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion.; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" |
| ~ dissipate, scatter, disperse, spread out | move away from each other.; "The crowds dispersed"; "The children scattered in all directions when the teacher approached" |
| ~ break up | come apart.; "the group broke up" |
| ~ diffract | undergo diffraction.; "laser light diffracts electrons" |
| v. (change) | 16. break open, burst, split | come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure.; "The bubble burst" |
| ~ pop | burst open with a sharp, explosive sound.; "The balloon popped"; "This popcorn pops quickly in the microwave oven" |
| ~ blow | burst suddenly.; "The tire blew"; "We blew a tire" |
| ~ stave, stave in | burst or force (a hole) into something. |
| ~ come apart, break, fall apart, split up, separate | become separated into pieces or fragments.; "The figurine broke"; "The freshly baked loaf fell apart" |
| adj. | 17. disconnected, disunited, fragmented, split | having been divided; having the unity destroyed.; "Congress...gave the impression of...a confusing sum of disconnected local forces"; "a league of disunited nations"; "a fragmented coalition"; "a split group" |
| ~ divided | separated into parts or pieces.; "opinions are divided" |
| adj. | 18. split | (especially of wood) cut or ripped longitudinally with the grain.; "we bought split logs for the fireplace" |
| ~ cut | separated into parts or laid open or penetrated with a sharp edge or instrument.; "the cut surface was mottled"; "cut tobacco"; "blood from his cut forehead"; "bandages on her cut wrists" |
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