Sliver

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.


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           They 'll sliver thee like a turnip.      --Sir W.
                                                    Scott.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sliver \Sliv"er\, n.
     1. A long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment,
        as of glass; a splinter.
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     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.
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     3. pl. Bait made of pieces of small fish. Cf. {Kibblings}.
        [Local, U.S.] --Bartlett.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sliver
       n 1: a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal; "he got a
            splinter in his finger"; "it flew into flinders" [syn: {splinter},
             {flinders}]
       2: a thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been
          shaved from something [syn: {paring}, {shaving}]
       v 1: divide into slivers or splinters [syn: {splinter}]
       2: break up into splinters or slivers; "The wood splintered"
          [syn: {splinter}]
       3: form into slivers; "sliver wood"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  63 Moby Thesaurus words for "sliver":
     bit, black sheep, blemish, butt, carve, chip, chunk, clip,
     clipping, collop, crumb, cut, cutting, dollop, end, flake,
     foreign body, foreign intruder, fragment, gob, gobbet, haggle,
     hunk, impurity, intruder, lump, misfit, modicum, moiety,
     monkey wrench, morceau, morsel, mote, nip, oddball, paring,
     particle, patch, piece, rasher, scoop, scrap, shard, shave,
     shaving, shiver, shred, slice, slip, smithereen, snack, snatch,
     snick, snip, snippet, speck, splinter, stitch, stone, stump, tag,
     tatter, weed