paring, sliver, shaving
(noun) a thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something
splinter, sliver
(noun) a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal; “he got a splinter in his finger”; “it broke into slivers”
sliver
(verb) form into slivers; “sliver wood”
splinter, sliver
(verb) break up into splinters or slivers; “The wood splintered”
sliver, splinter
(verb) divide into slivers or splinters
Source: WordNet® 3.1
sliver (plural slivers)
A long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment; a splinter.
(regional US) Specifically, a splinter caught under the skin.
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 precedes spinning.
(fishing) Bait made of pieces of small fish. Compare kibblings.
(US, New York) A narrow high-rise apartment building.
• (long piece cut or rent off): shard, slice, splinter
sliver (third-person singular simple present slivers, present participle slivering, simple past and past participle slivered)
(transitive) To cut or divide into long, thin pieces, or into very small pieces; to cut or rend lengthwise; to slit.
• Elvirs, Silver, levirs, livers, livres, rivels, silver, svirel
Source: Wiktionary
Sliv"er, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Slivered; p. pr. & vb. n. Slivering.] Etym: [See Slive, v. t.]
Definition: 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. They 'll sliver thee like a turnip. Sir W. Scott.
Sliv"er, n.
1. A long piece cut ot rent off; a sharp, slender fragment; a splinter.
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.
3. pl.
Definition: Bait made of pieces of small fish. Cf. Kibblings. [Local, U.S.] Bartlett.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
15 April 2025
(adjective) marked by or promising bad fortune; “their business venture was doomed from the start”; “an ill-fated business venture”; “an ill-starred romance”; “the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons”- W.H.Prescott
Coffee starts as a yellow berry, changes into a red berry, and then is picked by hand to harvest. The red berry is de-shelled through a water soaking process and what’s left inside is the green coffee bean. This bean then dries in the sun for 3-5 days, where it is then packed and ready for sale.
