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SLIVER
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
Etymology
Noun
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.
Synonyms
• (long piece cut or rent off): shard, slice, splinter
Verb
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.
Anagrams
• 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
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