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Search phrase: split

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PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
Antony and CleopatraAC V.i.24Splitted the heart. This is his sword;Splitted the heart. This is his Sword,
The Comedy of ErrorsCE I.i.104Our helpful ship was splitted in the midst;Our helpefull ship was splitted in the midst;
The Comedy of ErrorsCE V.i.309Hast thou so cracked and splitted my poor tongueHast thou so crack'd and splitted my poore tongue 
CoriolanusCor V.vi.52.1Splitting the air with noise.Splitting the Ayre with noyse.
HamletHam III.ii.10tatters, to very rags, to split the ears of the groundlings,tatters, to verie ragges, to split the eares of the Groundlings:
Henry VI Part 22H6 III.ii.97The splitting rocks cowered in the sinking sands,The splitting Rockes cowr'd in the sinking sands,
Henry VI Part 22H6 III.ii.411Even as a splitted bark so sunder we;Euen as a splitted Barke, so sunder we:
Henry VI Part 33H6 II.vi.30I stabbed your fathers' bosoms; split my breast.I stab'd your Fathers bosomes; Split my brest.
Henry VI Part 33H6 V.iv.10Whiles, in his moan, the ship splits on the rock,Whiles in his moane, the Ship splits on the Rock,
Julius CaesarJC IV.iii.48Though it do split you; for, from this day forth,Though it do Split you. For, from this day forth,
King Edward IIIE3 III.i.169Then might ye see the reeling vessels split,Then might ye see the reeling vessels split,
King LearKL V.iii.175Let sorrow split my heart if ever ILet sorrow split my heart, if euer I
Measure for MeasureMM II.ii.116Splits the unwedgeable and gnarled oakSplits the vn-wedgable and gnarled Oke,
A Midsummer Night's DreamMND I.ii.26Ercles rarely, or a part to tear a cat in, to make all split:Ercles rarely, or a part to teare a Cat in, to make all split
PericlesPer Chorus.II.32Should house him safe is wracked and split,Should house him safe; is wrackt and split,
PericlesPer III.i.44wilt thou? Blow and split thyself.wilt thou: / Blow and split thy selfe.
Richard IIIR3 I.iii.299When he shall split thy very heart with sorrow,When he shall split thy very heart with sorrow:
Richard IIIR3 V.i.26‘ When he,’ quoth she, ‘ shall split thy heart with sorrow,When he (quoth she) shall split thy heart with sorrow,
The TempestTem I.i.58.2split, we split!’ – ‘ Farewell, my wife and children!’split, we split, Farewell my wife, and children,
The TempestTem I.i.58.3 – ‘ Farewell, brother!’ – ‘ We split, we split, weFarewell brother: we split, we split, we
The TempestTem I.i.58.4split!’split.
The TempestTem V.i.223Which, but three glasses since, we gave out splitWhich but three glasses since, we gaue out split,
Troilus and CressidaTC I.iii.49Than by the tiger; but when the splitting windThen by the Tyger: But, when the splitting winde
Troilus and CressidaTC I.iii.177Or give me ribs of steel; I shall split allOr, giue me ribs of Steele, I shall split all
Troilus and CressidaTC IV.v.7Now crack thy lungs, and split thy brazen pipe;Now cracke thy lungs, and split thy brasen pipe:
Twelfth NightTN I.ii.9Assure yourself, after our ship did split,Assure your selfe, after our ship did split,
The Winter's TaleWT I.ii.349.1Do't not, thou split'st thine own.Do't not, thou splitt'st thine owne.

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Glossary

 26 result(s).
breakcrack, split, beat
burstcrack, split open
cavilquibble, hair-splitting objection
cleave the pin[archery] split the peg in the middle of a target
clovensplit, cleft apart
clovenbroken apart, split in pieces
cracksplit asunder, snap
cranniedcracked, split, holed
deafingdeafening, ear-splitting
disseverdivide, split up, separate
dissevereddivided, split, broken
partdivide, share, split up
quilletquibble, equivocation, hair-splitting distinction
riftsplit, cleave, rend apart
rivesplit, rend, cleave
scoremethod of notching a piece of wood as a means of debt-keeping; when split in two between lender and debtor, the scores on the two pieces of wood would tally
sliver[split piece of] branch, bough, limb
slivercut off [a piece], split off, tear away
spleetsplit, break up
splitbreak up, split in two
splittedsplit in two, broken apart
splittingcapable of causing ships to be split asunder
sunderseparate, split up, part
unseamsplit in two, rip up, undo the seam of
unwedgeableunsplittable, incapable of being cleft
wedgecleave, split [as with a wedge]

Thesaurus

 35 result(s).
asunder, splitcrack
asunder, splittingsplitting
branch [split piece of]sliver
distinction, hair-splittingquillet
ear-splittingdeafing
hair-splitting distinctionquillet
hair-splitting objectioncavil
objection, hair-splittingcavil
open, splitburst
peg in the middle of a target, split the [in archery]cleave the pin
pieces, split incloven
splitbreak
splitcloven
splitcrannied
splitdissevered
splitrift
splitrive
splitspleet
splitwedge
split asundercrack
split in piecescloven
split in twosplit
split in twosplitted
split in twounseam
split offsliver
split openburst
split the peg in the middle of a target [in archery]cleave the pin
split updissever
split uppart
split upsunder
splitting asundersplitting
two, split insplit
two, split insplitted
two, split inunseam
unsplittableunwedgeable

Themes and Topics

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Past tenses... having quit wt v i 191 splitted was ...
...ted was split ce i i 104 waked i am w...
What and what... apart from the way its elements can be split as what ever whatsoever is general...

Words Families

 5 result(s).
Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
SPLEETBASICsee SPLIT
SPLITBASICspleet v, split v, splitted adj, splitting adj

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