'Splinter' definitions:

Definition of 'splinter'

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]
verb
Withdraw from an organization or communion; "After the break up of the Soviet Union, many republics broke away" [syn: secede, splinter, break away]
verb
Divide into slivers or splinters [syn: sliver, splinter]
verb
Break up into splinters or slivers; "The wood splintered" [syn: splinter, sliver]

Definition of 'Splinter'

From: GCIDE
  • Splinter \Splin"ter\, n. [See Splinter, v., or Splint, n.] A thin piece split or rent off lengthwise, as from wood, bone, or other solid substance; a thin piece; a sliver; as, splinters of a ship's mast rent off by a shot. [1913 Webster]
  • Splinter bar. (a) A crossbar in a coach, which supports the springs. (b) The bar to which the traces are attached; a roller bolt; a whiffletree. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Splinter'

From: GCIDE
  • Splinter \Splin"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Splintered; p. pr. & vb. n. Splintering.] [Cf. LG. splittern, splinteren. See Splint, n., Split.]
  • 1. To split or rend into long, thin pieces; to shiver; as, the lightning splinters a tree. [1913 Webster]
  • After splintering their lances, they wheeled about, and . . . abandoned the field to the enemy. --Prescott. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To fasten or confine with splinters, or splints, as a broken limb. --Bp. Wren. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Splinter'

From: GCIDE
  • Splinter \Splin"ter\, v. i. To become split into long pieces. [1913 Webster]