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English noun: sliver | |||
| 1. | sliver (object) a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal | ||
| Samples | He got a splinter in his finger. It broke into slivers. | ||
| Synonyms | splinter | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | bit, chip, flake, fleck, scrap | ||
| 2. | sliver (object) a thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something | ||
| Synonyms | paring, shaving | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | fragment | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | splint, turning | ||
English verb: sliver | |||
| 1. | sliver (social) divide into slivers or splinters | ||
| Synonyms | splinter | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | carve up, dissever, divide, separate, split, split up | ||
| 2. | sliver (change) break up into splinters or slivers | ||
| Samples | The wood splintered. | ||
| Synonyms | splinter | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | break up, fragment, fragmentise, fragmentize | ||
| 3. | sliver (change) form into slivers | ||
| Samples | Sliver wood. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | form, shape | ||
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