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See (verb).
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(algebra, of a short exact sequence) Having the middle group equal to the direct product of the others.
Comprising half decaffeinated and half caffeinated espresso.
A crack or longitudinal fissure.
A breach or separation, as in a political party; a division.
A piece that is split off, or made thin, by splitting; a splinter; a fragment.
(leather manufacture) One of the sections of a skin made by dividing it into two or more thicknesses.
The acrobatic feat of spreading the legs flat on the floor 180 degrees apart, either sideways to the body or with one leg in front and one behind, thus lowering the body completely to the floor.
(baseball, slang) A split-finger fastball.
(bowling) A result of a first throw that leaves two or more pins standing with one or more pins between them knocked down.
A dessert or confection resembling a banana split.
A unit of measure used for champagne or other spirits: 18.75 centiliter or 1/4 quarter of a standard .75 liter bottle. Commercially comparable to 1/20th (US) gallon, which is 1/2 of a fifth.
A bottle of wine containing 0.375 liters, 1/2 the volume of a standard .75 liter bottle; a demi.
(athletics) The elapsed time at specific intermediate point(s) in a race.
(construction) A tear resulting from tensile stresses.
(gambling) A division of a stake happening when two cards of the kind on which the stake is laid are dealt in the same turn.
(music) A recording containing songs by multiple artists.
(ergative) Of something solid, to divide fully or partly along a more or less straight line.
* (Robert Boyle) (1627-1691)
To share; to divide.
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to separate or break up.
To be broken; to be dashed to pieces.
* Shakespeare
To burst out laughing.
* Alexander Pope
(slang, dated) To divulge a secret; to betray confidence; to peach.
(sports) In athletics (esp. baseball), when both teams involved in a doubleheader each win one game and lose another game.
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(sports) A competitive sporting event such as a boxing meet, a baseball game, or a cricket match.
Any contest or trial of strength or skill, or to determine superiority.
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Someone with a measure of an attribute equaling or exceeding the object of comparison.
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A marriage.
A candidate for matrimony; one to be gained in marriage.
* Clarendon
Suitability.
Equivalence; a state of correspondence. (rfex)
Equality of conditions in contest or competition.
* Shakespeare
A pair of items or entities with mutually suitable characteristics.
An agreement or compact.
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(metalworking) A perforated board, block of plaster, hardened sand, etc., in which a pattern is partly embedded when a mould is made, for giving shape to the surfaces of separation between the parts of the mould.
(lb) To agree, to be equal, to correspond to.
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(lb) To agree, to be equal, to correspond to.
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*:There was a neat hat-and-umbrella stand, and the stranger's weary feet fell soft on a good, serviceable dark-red drugget, which matched in colour the flock-paper on the walls.
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, title= (lb) To equal or exceed in achievement.
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(lb) To unite in marriage, to mate.
*1599 , (William Shakespeare), (Much Ado About Nothing) , :
*:Adam's sons are my brethren; and truly, I hold it a sin to match in my kindred.
*(Joseph Addison) (1672-1719)
*:A senator of Rome survived, / Would not have matched his daughter with a king.
To fit together, or make suitable for fitting together; specifically, to furnish with a tongue and groove at the edges.
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Device made of wood or paper, at the tip coated with chemicals that ignite with the friction of being dragged (struck) against a rough dry surface.
As a proper noun split
is a port city in croatia.As a noun match is
match.split
English
Adjective
(split exact sequence) (-)- Republicans appear split on the centerpiece of Mr. Obama's economic recovery plan.
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Derived terms
* split-shotNoun
(en noun)- He’s got a nasty split .
- In the 3000m race, his 800m split was 1:45.32
Verb
- a huge vessel of exceeding hard marble split asunder by congealed water
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In the News, passage=The critical component of the photosynthetic system is the “water-oxidizing complex”, made up of manganese atoms and a calcium atom. This system splits water molecules and delivers some of their electrons to other molecules that help build up carbohydrates.}}
- The ship splits on the rock.
- Each had a gravity would make you split .
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Derived terms
* side-splitting * split up (verb )match
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) macche, from (etyl)Noun
(es)- My local team are playing in a match against their arch-rivals today.
- many a warlike match
- A solemn match was made; he lost the prize.
- He knew he had met his match .
- Government makes an innocent man, though of the lowest rank, a match for the mightiest of his fellow subjects.
- She was looked upon as the richest match of the West.
- It were no match , your nail against his horn.
- The carpet and curtains are a match .
- Thy hand upon that match .
- Love doth seldom suffer itself to be confined by other matches than those of its own making.
Derived terms
* cage match * first class match * friendly match * grudge match * * love match * Man of the Match/man of the match * match fixing * match made in heaven * match made in hell * matchless * matchmaker * match play/matchplay * matchplayer * match point * match referee * * one-day match * overmatch * post-match * rubber match * shouting match * slanging match * steel cage match * Test match * tour match * whole shitting match * whole shooting matchVerb
(es)F. E. Penny
Pulling the Strings, passage=Soon after the arrival of Mrs. Campbell, dinner was announced by Abboye. He came into the drawing room resplendent in his gold-and-white turban. […] His cummerbund matched the turban in gold lines.}}
End of the peer show, passage=Finance is seldom romantic. But the idea of peer-to-peer lending comes close. This is an industry that brings together individual savers and lenders on online platforms. Those that want to borrow are matched with those that want to lend.}}
Derived terms
* match drill * matcher * matchup * matchy * * overmatch * unmatchSee also
* mateEtymology 2
From (etyl)Noun
(es)- He struck a match and lit his cigarette.