'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]
Synonyms of 'splinter'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- atomize,
- bit,
- black sheep,
- blemish,
- breach,
- break,
- break into pieces,
- break to pieces,
- break up,
- breakage,
- breakaway group,
- burst,
- butt,
- camp,
- caucus,
- chip,
- chunk,
- cleft,
- clip,
- clipping,
- collop,
- crack,
- crash,
- crumb,
- crunch,
- crush,
- cut,
- cut to pieces,
- cutting,
- demolish,
- diffuse,
- disintegrate,
- disperse,
- disrupt,
- division,
- dollop,
- end,
- ethnic group,
- faction,
- fission,
- fissure,
- foreign body,
- foreign intruder,
- fracture,
- fragment,
- gap,
- gob,
- gobbet,
- grind,
- gruel,
- hunk,
- impurity,
- interest,
- interest group,
- intruder,
- lath,
- lump,
- make mincemeat of,
- mere shadow,
- mince,
- minority group,
- misfit,
- modicum,
- moiety,
- monkey wrench,
- morceau,
- morsel,
- mote,
- nip,
- oddball,
- offshoot,
- paper,
- paring,
- particle,
- party,
- pash,
- patch,
- piece,
- political party,
- pressure group,
- pulverize,
- rail,
- rake,
- rasher,
- rent,
- rift,
- rip,
- rive,
- rupture,
- scale,
- scatter,
- scoop,
- scrap,
- sect,
- shadow,
- shard,
- shatter,
- shaving,
- shiver,
- shred,
- side,
- silent majority,
- skeleton,
- slash,
- slat,
- slice,
- slip,
- slit,
- sliver,
- smash,
- smash up,
- smatter,
- smithereen,
- snack,
- snatch,
- snick,
- snip,
- snippet,
- soup,
- speck,
- splinter group,
- split,
- squash,
- squish,
- stitch,
- stone,
- streak,
- stump,
- tag,
- tatter,
- tear,
- vein,
- vocal minority,
- wafer,
- weed,
- wing