splits

Noun

split (plural splits)

1. A crack or longitudinal fissure.
2. A breach or separation, as in a political party; a division.
   • It destroys the class system and exploitation; it heals the split in man's nature and the crippled, one-sided development of the individual.1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume I: The Founders, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: powstanie (in...
3. A piece that is split off, or made thin, by splitting; a splinter; a fragment.
   • The kernels split in shelling, known as splits, form a fifth grade of shelled Virginia peanuts.1929, United States Tariff Commission, Agricultural products and provisions, page 1334
4. (leather manufacture) One of the sections of a skin made by dividing it into two or more thicknesses.
5. (usually in the phrase "to do the splits") A maneuver of spreading or sliding the feet apart until the legs are 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 in an upright position.
6. A workout routine as seen by its distribution of muscle groups or the extent and manner they are targeted in a microcycle.

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