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sliver
Found in thesaurus: fleck, flake, bit, chip, scrap, fragment, divide, split up, dissever, split, separate, carve up, fragmentise, fragmentize, break up, form, shape
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sliver
v.
cut into small pieces or splinters
n.
thin sharp piece, shard, splinter
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Sliver
Sliver may refer to:
Entertainment
- Sliver (novel), a 1991 novel by Ira Levin
- Sliver (film), a 1993 film adaptation of the novel
- Sliver (soundtrack), the soundtrack to the 1993 film
- "Sliver" (song), a 1990 song by Nirvana
- , a 2005 album containing tracks from the Nirvana rarities collection With The Lights Out
- Sliver (EP), a 2000 EP by Entwine
- Sliver, a fictional species in
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sliver
Noun
1. a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal; "he got a splinter in his finger"; "it flew into flinders"
(synonym) splinter, flinders
(hypernym) bit, chip, flake, fleck, scrap
2. a thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something
(synonym) paring, shaving
(hypernym) fragment
(hyponym) splint
Verb
1. divide into slivers or splinters
(synonym) splinter
(hypernym) divide, split, split up, separate, dissever, carve up
(derivation) paring, shaving
2. break up into splinters or slivers; "The wood splintered"
(synonym) splinter
(hypernym) break up, fragment, fragmentize, fragmentise
(derivation) splinter, flinders
3. form into slivers; "sliver wood"
(hypernym) shape, form
(derivation) splinter, flinders
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sliver
Rzecz.
plasterek
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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.
To cut or divide into long, thin pieces, or into very small pieces; to cut or rend lengthwise; to slit; as, to sliver wood.
(n.)
Bait made of pieces of small fish. Cf. Kibblings.
Bait made of pieces of small fish. Cf. Kibblings.
(n.)
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.
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.
(n.)
A long piece cut ot rent off; a sharp, slender fragment; a splinter.
A long piece cut ot rent off; a sharp, slender fragment; a splinter.
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