'Sliver' definitions:

Definition of 'sliver'

(from WordNet)
noun
A small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal; "he got a splinter in his finger"; "it broke into slivers" [syn: splinter, sliver]
noun
A thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something [syn: paring, sliver, shaving]
verb
Divide into slivers or splinters [syn: sliver, splinter]
verb
Break up into splinters or slivers; "The wood splintered" [syn: splinter, sliver]
verb
Form into slivers; "sliver wood"

Definition of 'Sliver'

From: GCIDE
  • Sliver \Sliv"er\, n.
  • 1. A long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment, as of glass; a splinter. [1913 Webster +PJC]
  • 2. A strand, or slender roll, of cotton or other fiber in a loose, untwisted state, produced by a carding machine and ready for the roving or slubbing which preceeds spinning. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. pl. Bait made of pieces of small fish. Cf. Kibblings. [Local, U.S.] --Bartlett. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'sliver'

From: GCIDE
  • sliver \sliv"er\ (sl[i^]v"[~e]r or sl[imac]"v[~e]r; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. slivered (sl[i^]v"[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. slivering.] [See Slive, v. t.] To cut or divide into long, thin pieces, or into very small pieces; to cut or rend lengthwise; to slit; as, to sliver wood. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • They 'll sliver thee like a turnip. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]

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