| splinter | | |
| n. (object) | 1. sliver, splinter | a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal.; "he got a splinter in his finger"; "it broke into slivers" |
| ~ chip, fleck, scrap, bit, flake | a small fragment of something broken off from the whole.; "a bit of rock caught him in the eye" |
| v. (social) | 2. break away, secede, splinter | withdraw from an organization or communion.; "After the break up of the Soviet Union, many republics broke away" |
| ~ break up, part, split, split up, separate, break | discontinue an association or relation; go different ways.; "The business partners broke over a tax question"; "The couple separated after 25 years of marriage"; "My friend and I split up" |
| v. (social) | 3. sliver, splinter | divide into slivers or splinters. |
| ~ carve up, dissever, divide, split, split up, separate | separate into parts or portions.; "divide the cake into three equal parts"; "The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I" |
| v. (change) | 4. sliver, splinter | break up into splinters or slivers.; "The wood splintered" |
| ~ fragment, fragmentise, fragmentize, break up | break or cause to break into pieces.; "The plate fragmented" |
Recent comments
1 week 6 days ago
3 weeks 2 days ago
18 weeks 4 days ago
18 weeks 4 days ago
18 weeks 4 days ago
19 weeks 2 days ago
23 weeks 3 days ago
24 weeks 3 days ago
25 weeks 1 day ago
25 weeks 2 days ago