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splinter - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'splinter' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Splinter [ n.]
- 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
Meaning (3):
- break up into splinters or slivers
Example in sentence:
  • The wood splintered