name
Meaning 1
A surname.
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name
A surname.
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noun
A long, sharp fragment of material, often wood.
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noun
A long, sharp fragment of material, often wood.
A small such fragment that gets embedded in the flesh.
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noun
A group that formed by splitting off from a larger membership.
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noun
A double-jump bid which indicates shortage in the bid suit.
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Topics: bridge, games
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noun
A fragment of a component word in a blend.
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Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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verb
To come apart into long sharp fragments.
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Usage: intransitive
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verb
To cause to break apart into long sharp fragments.
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Usage: transitive
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verb
To break, or cause to break, into factions.
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Usage: figuratively
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verb
To fasten or confine with splinters, or splints, as a broken limb.
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Usage: transitive
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noun
a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: sliver
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Broader terms: bit, chip, flake, fleck, scrap
verb
break up into splinters or slivers
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Synonyms: sliver
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Broader terms: break up, fragment, fragmentize, fragmentise
verb
divide into slivers or splinters
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Synonyms: sliver
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Broader terms: divide, split, split up, separate, dissever, carve up
verb
withdraw from an organization or communion
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: secede, break away
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Broader terms: separate, part, split up, split, break, break up
History
Borrowed from Dutch and North German Splinter.
From Middle English splenter, splinter, from Middle Dutch splinter, equivalent to splint + -er.
From the noun splinter.
Across languages
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