splinter

splin·ter  (splntr)

n.

1. A sharp, slender piece, as of wood, bone, glass, or metal, split or broken off from a main body.

2. A splinter group.

v. splin·tered, splin·ter·ing, splin·ters

v.intr.

To split or break into sharp, slender pieces; form splinters. See Synonyms at break.

v.tr.

To cause to splinter.

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[Middle English, from Middle Dutch.]

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splinter·y adj.

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splinter [ˈsplɪntə]

n

1. a very small sharp piece of wood, glass, metal, etc., characteristically long and thin, broken off from a whole

2. (Military / Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) a metal fragment, from the container of a shell, bomb, etc., thrown out during an explosion

vb

1. to reduce or be reduced to sharp fragments; shatter

2. to break or be broken off in small sharp fragments

[from Middle Dutch splinter; see splint]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	splinter - a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal; "he got a splinter in his finger"; "it broke into slivers" sliver chip, fleck, scrap, bit, flake - a small fragment of something broken off from the whole; "a bit of rock caught him in the eye"
Verb	1.	splinter - withdraw from an organization or communion; "After the break up of the Soviet Union, many republics broke away" secede, break away break up, part, split, split up, separate, break - discontinue an association or relation; go different ways; "The business partners broke over a tax question"; "The couple separated after 25 years of marriage"; "My friend and I split up"
	2.	splinter - divide into slivers or splinters sliver carve up, dissever, divide, split, split up, separate - separate into parts or portions; "divide the cake into three equal parts"; "The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I"
	3.	splinter - break up into splinters or slivers; "The wood splintered" sliver fragment, fragmentise, fragmentize, break up - break or cause to break into pieces; "The plate fragmented"

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splinter

noun

sliver, fragment, chip, needle, shaving, flake, paring a splinter in the finger

verb

shatter, split, fracture, shiver, disintegrate, break into fragments, smash into smithereens The ruler cracked and splintered into pieces.

Translations

splinter [ˈsplɪntəʳ]

A. N [of wood, metal] → astilla f; [of glass] → fragmento m; [of bone] → esquirla f, fragmento m
I've got a splinter in my finger → tengo una astilla en el dedo

B. VI → astillarse, hacerse astillas (fig) [party] → escindirse
to splinter off from → escindirse or separarse de

C. VT

1. (lit) → astillar, hacer astillas

2. (fig) [+ party] → dividir

D. CPD splinter group N → grupo m disidente, facción f
splinter party N → partido m nuevo(formado a raíz de la escisión de otro)

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splinter [ˈsplɪntə^r]

n

(under skin) [wood] → écharde f

[metal] → éclat m; [glass] → éclat m

vi

[wood] → se fendre en éclats; [bone, glass] → se briser en éclats

[group, party] → se scinder

vt

[+ wood, rock] → fendre en éclats; [+ glass] → briser

[+ group, party] → scinder
splinter group n → groupe m dissident

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splinter

n → Splitter m

vt → (zer)splittern; (with axe) wood → zerhacken; (fig) party → spalten

vi → (zer)splittern; (fig: party) → sich spalten; to splinter off → absplittern; (fig) → sich abspalten

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splinter:

splinter group

n → Splittergruppe f

splinter party

n (Pol) → Splitterpartei f

splinterproof

adj → splitterfrei

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splinter [ˈsplɪntəʳ]

1. n → scheggia

2. vi (wood, glass) → scheggiarsi (fig) (party) → staccarsi, scindersi

3. vt (wood, glass) → scheggiare (fig) (party) → scindere

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splinter [ˈsplɪntəʳ]

1. n → scheggia

2. vi (wood, glass) → scheggiarsi (fig) (party) → staccarsi, scindersi

3. vt (wood, glass) → scheggiare (fig) (party) → scindere

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