split
verb (used with object)
to divide or separate from end to end or into layers.
am splitting
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present progressiveof split (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Don't suppose that I am splitting my head and half breaking my heart over this miserable Chancery suit for my own rights and interests alone.
From Bleak House by Charles Dickens
Father still dutifully submissive at home—Abroad, I am splitting a straw in arguments with Susannah about straw bonnets—The rest of the Chapter contains coquetry, courting, and costumes.
From Japhet, in Search of a Father by Frederick Marryat
