- To split or rend into long, thin pieces; to shiver; as,
the lightning splinters a tree. - To fasten or confine with splinters, or splints, as a
broken limb. - A thin piece split or rent off lengthwise, as from wood,
bone, or other solid substance; a thin piece; a sliver; as, splinters
of a ship's mast rent off by a shot.
2 . Splinter
[ v. i.]
- To become split into long pieces.
Meaning of 'splinter' (Princeton's WordNet)
1 . splinter
[ 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 . splinter
[ v]
Meaning (2): - withdraw from an organization or communion
Example in sentence:
After the break up of the Soviet Union, many republics broke away