Definitions
come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure
Word origin
Attested since about 1567, from Middle Dutch splitten (“to split”) and/or Middle Low German splitten (“to split”), both ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *splittjan, an intensive form of Proto-West Germanic *splītan (“to split”), from Proto-Germanic *splītaną (whence Danish splitte, Low German splieten, German spleißen), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pley- (“to split, splice”).
Used in a sentence
“He has split his lip.”
“a huge vessel of exceeding hard marble split asunder by congealed water”
“We split the money among three people.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Divide into parts”5 letters
02“Break apart”5 letters
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