split up

vb (adverb)

1. (tr) to separate out into parts; divide

2. (intr) to become separated or parted through disagreement they split up after years of marriage

3. to break down or be capable of being broken down into constituent parts I have split up the question into three parts

n split-up

the act or an instance of separating

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Noun	1.	split up - 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" stock split, split step-up, increase - the act of increasing something; "he gave me an increase in salary"
Verb	1.	split up - get a divorce; formally terminate a marriage; "The couple divorced after only 6 months" divorce 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"
	2.	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" carve up, dissever, divide, split, separate 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
	3.	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" break up, part, split, separate, break 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"
	4.	split up - become separated into pieces or fragments; "The figurine broke"; "The freshly baked loaf fell apart" come apart, break, fall apart, separate change integrity - change in physical make-up burst, break open, split - come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure; "The bubble burst" puncture - be pierced or punctured; "The tire punctured" bust, burst - break open or apart suddenly and forcefully; "The dam burst" smash - break suddenly into pieces, as from a violent blow; "The window smashed" ladder, run - come unraveled or undone as if by snagging; "Her nylons were running" break - destroy the integrity of; usually by force; cause to separate into pieces or fragments; "He broke the glass plate"; "She broke the match" snap, crack - break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension; "The pipe snapped" fragment, fragmentise, fragmentize, break up - break or cause to break into pieces; "The plate fragmented" crush - become injured, broken, or distorted by pressure; "The plastic bottle crushed against the wall"

Translations

? split up

vt sep money, work → (auf)teilen; meanings → aufteilen; party, organization → spalten; meeting → ein Ende machen (+dat); two people → trennen; crowd → zerstreuen

vi → zerbrechen; (= divide) → sich teilen; (meeting, crowd) → sich spalten; (partners) → sich voneinander trennen; he split up with her → er hat mit ihr Schluss gemacht

split up → (يَنْفَصِل (الزوجان rozštípnout gå fra hinanden entzweien διαχωρίζω separarse jakaa se séparer prekinuti separarsi 分裂する 갈라서다 uit elkaar gaan dele rozdzielić się separar-se раскалывать(ся) göra slut แยกออกจากกัน ayrılmak chia ra 分裂

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