1. Éloigner. Écarter deux chiens.
2. Repousser. Écarter un importun.
3. Éliminer. Écarter une proposition.
1. To make a division or separation; SYN. divide.
2. To act as a barrier between; stand between:; SYN. divide.
3. To come apart; SYN. divide, part.
4. To divide into components or constituents
5. To discontinue an association or relation; go different ways; SYN. part, split up, split, break, break up.
6. To force, take, or pull apart; SYN. disunite, divide, part.
7. To go one's own away; move apart; SYN. part, split.
ETYM Abbrev. of display.
To spread open or apart.
(Irregular preterit, past participle: split)
1. To divide lengthwise usually along a grain or seam or by layers; to affect as if by cleaving or forcing apart
2. To tear or rend apart; burst; to subject (an atom or atomic nucleus) to artificial disintegration by fission; to affect as if by breaking up or tearing apart; shatter
3. To divide into parts or portions: as to divide between persons; share; to divide into factions, parties, or groups; to mark (a ballot) or cast or register (a vote) so as to vote for candidates of different parties; to divide or break down (a chemical compound) into constituents; to remove by such separation; to divide (stock) by issuing a larger number of shares to existing shareholders usually without increase in total par value
4. To separate (the parts of a whole) by interposing something
5. To become split lengthwise or into layers; to break apart; burst
6. To become divided up or separated off; to sever relations or connections; separate; leave; especially; to leave without delay
7. To apportion shares