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