From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
split up
n 1: 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"
[syn: {split}, {stock split}, {split up}]
v 1: get a divorce; formally terminate a marriage; "The couple
divorced after only 6 months" [syn: {divorce}, {split up}]
2: separate into parts or portions; "divide the cake into three
equal parts"; "The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after
World War I" [syn: {divide}, {split}, {split up}, {separate},
{dissever}, {carve up}] [ant: {unify}, {unite}]
3: 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" [syn: {separate}, {part}, {split up}, {split},
{break}, {break up}]
4: become separated into pieces or fragments; "The figurine
broke"; "The freshly baked loaf fell apart" [syn: {break},
{separate}, {split up}, {fall apart}, {come apart}]
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