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

Noun

a small thin sharp piece broken off, esp. from wood

Verb

to break or be broken into small sharp fragments [Middle Dutch]

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 1. sliver, fragment, chip, needle, shaving, flake, paring

verb 2. shatter, split, fracture, shiver, disintegrate, break into fragments

Translations

splinter [ˈsplɪntəʳ] n → astilla

vi → astillarse, hacer astillas

splinter [ˈsplɪntəʳ] n (= wood) → écharde f (= metal); éclat m

vi [wood] → se fendre; [glass] → se briser

splinter [ˈsplɪntəʳ] n → Splitter m

vi → (zer)splittern

splinter [ˈsplɪntəʳ] n → scheggia

vi → scheggiarsi