split, branch, branching out

to drive a wedge, split, cleave; to lock up in stocks

abandonment, leaving, refusal; crack, fissure, split, crackling; hoof disease

crack, split, hole, cut, slit, knick

crack, split, cleft; explosion, burst

slightly-opened, half-opened, opened just a crack

to open slightly, to open just a crack, to half-open

to be opened slightly, to be opened just a crack, to be half-opened