sliver

Noun · Verb
Synonyms: splinterparingshaving

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

  1. a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal“he got a splinter in his finger”“it broke into slivers”Synonyms: splinter
  2. a thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from somethingSynonyms: paringshaving

Verb (3)

  1. divide into slivers or splintersSynonyms: splinter
  2. break up into splinters or slivers“The wood splintered”Synonyms: splinter
  3. form into slivers“sliver wood”
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Sliver \Sliv"er\, n.

1.A long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment, as of glass; a splinter. [1913 Webster +PJC]

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. [1913 Webster]

3.pl. Bait made of pieces of small fish. Cf. Kibblings. [Local, U.S.] --Bartlett. [1913 Webster]

sliver \sliv"er\ (sl[i^]v"[~e]r or sl[imac]"v[~e]r; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. slivered (sl[i^]v"[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. slivering.] [See Slive, v. t.] 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. [1913 Webster]

They 'll sliver thee like a turnip. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]

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