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English to English noun
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a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal |  | Example: he got a splinter in his finger
it broke into slivers
source: wordnet30
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a thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something | | source: wordnet30
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A long piece cut ot rent off; a sharp, slender fragment; a splinter. | | source: webster1913
verb
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divide into slivers or splinters | | source: wordnet30
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break up into splinters or slivers | | Example: The wood splintered
source: wordnet30
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form into slivers | | Example: sliver wood
source: wordnet30
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To cut or divide into long, thin pieces, or into very small pieces; to cut or rend lengthwise; to slit; as, to sliver wood. | | source: webster1913
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