sliver

sliv·er  (slvr)

n.

1. A slender piece cut, split, or broken off; a splinter: slivers of broken glass.

2. A small narrow piece, portion, or plot: a sliver of land.

3. also (slvr) A continuous strand of loose wool, flax, or cotton, ready for drawing and twisting.

tr. & intr.v. sliv·ered, sliv·er·ing, sliv·ers

To split or become split into slivers.

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[Middle English slivere, from sliven, to split, from Old English slfan.]

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sliver [sliv-ver]

Noun

a small thin piece that is cut or broken off lengthwise

Verb

to cut into slivers [obsolete sliven to split]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	sliver - a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal; "he got a splinter in his finger"; "it broke into slivers" splinter chip, fleck, scrap, bit, flake - a small fragment of something broken off from the whole; "a bit of rock caught him in the eye"
	2.	sliver - a thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something paring, shaving fragment - a piece broken off or cut off of something else; "a fragment of rock" splint - a thin sliver of wood; "he lit the fire with a burning splint" turning - a shaving created when something is produced by turning it on a lathe
Verb	1.	sliver - divide into slivers or splinters splinter 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"
	2.	sliver - break up into splinters or slivers; "The wood splintered" splinter fragment, fragmentise, fragmentize, break up - break or cause to break into pieces; "The plate fragmented"
	3.	sliver - form into slivers; "sliver wood" shape, form - give shape or form to; "shape the dough"; "form the young child's character"

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sliver

noun shred, fragment, splinter, slip, shaving, flake, paring

Translations

sliver [ˈslɪvəʳ] n [of glass, wood] → astilla; [of cheese, sausage] → lonja, loncha

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sliver [ˈslɪvəʳ] n [of glass, wood] → éclat m [of cheese, sausage]; petit morceau

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sliver [ˈslɪvəʳ] n (of glass, wood) → Splitter m;

(of cheese etc) → Scheibchen nt

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sliver [ˈslɪvəʳ] n [of glass, wood] → scheggia; [of cheese, sausage] → fettina