'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]
Synonyms of 'sliver'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bit,
- black sheep,
- blemish,
- butt,
- carve,
- chip,
- chunk,
- clip,
- clipping,
- collop,
- crumb,
- cut,
- cutting,
- dollop,
- end,
- flake,
- foreign body,
- foreign intruder,
- fragment,
- gob,
- gobbet,
- haggle,
- hunk,
- impurity,
- intruder,
- lump,
- misfit,
- modicum,
- moiety,
- monkey wrench,
- morceau,
- morsel,
- mote,
- nip,
- oddball,
- paring,
- particle,
- patch,
- piece,
- rasher,
- scoop,
- scrap,
- shard,
- shave,
- shaving,
- shiver,
- shred,
- slice,
- slip,
- smithereen,
- snack,
- snatch,
- snick,
- snip,
- snippet,
- speck,
- splinter,
- stitch,
- stone,
- stump,
- tag,
- tatter,
- weed