| NOUN | object | splinter, sliver | a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal |
|---|---|---|---|
| VERB | social | splinter, secede, break away | withdraw from an organization or communion |
| social | splinter, sliver | divide into slivers or splinters | |
| change | splinter, sliver | break up into splinters or slivers |
| Sounds | splih'nter | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abductor ... zoster: 649 rhymes with ter... | |
| Meaning | A small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "he got a splinter in his finger" | |
| Synonym | sliver | |
| Broader | bit, chip, flake, fleck, scrap | A small fragment of something broken ... / broken off from the whole |
| Spanish | astilla, esquirla | |
| Catalan | esquerdill, estella | |
| Adjectives | splintery | resembling or consisting of or embedded with long slender fragments of (especially) wood having sharp points |
| splintery | subject to breaking into sharp slender pieces | |
| Verbs | splinter | break up into splinters or slivers |
| splinter | divide into slivers or splinters | |
| Meaning | Withdraw from an organization or communion. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Model | The girls splinter the wooden sticks | |
| Synonyms | secede, break away | |
| Broader | separate, part, split up, split, break, break up | discontinue an association / association / association or relation |
| Spanish | independizarse | |
| Meaning | divide into slivers or splinters. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Model | The wooden sticks splinter | |
| Synonym | sliver | |
| Broader | divide, split, split up, separate, dissever, carve up | separate into parts or portions |
| Spanish | astillarse, astillar | |
| Catalan | asclar, esberlar-se, esberlar, estellar | |
| Nouns | splinter | a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal |
| splintering | the act of chipping something | |
| Meaning | Break up into splinters or slivers. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Example | "The wood splintered" | |
| Synonym | sliver | |
| Broader | break up, fragment, fragmentize, fragmentise | break or cause to break into pieces |
| Spanish | astillarse, astillar | |
| Catalan | asclar, esberlar-se, esberlar, estellar | |
| Nouns | splinter | a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal |
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