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Meaning of 'sliver' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Sliver [ n.]
- A long piece cut ot rent off; a sharp, slender fragment; a splinter.
- 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.
- Bait made of pieces of small fish. Cf. Kibblings.
2 . Sliver [ 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.

Meaning of 'sliver' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . sliver [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal
Example in sentence:
  • he got a splinter in his finger;
  • it broke into slivers
2 . sliver [ v]
Meaning (2):
- form into slivers
Example in sentence:
  • sliver wood
Meaning (3):
- break up into splinters or slivers
Example in sentence:
  • The wood splintered

Nearby Words:

slibber slice sliced slicer slich slicing slick slicken slickens slickensides

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