sliver

(noun, verb)

noun

1. a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal

- it broke into slivers

Similar word(s): splinter

Definition categories: object, bit, chip, flake, fleck, scrap

2. a thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something

Similar word(s): paring, shaving

Definition categories: object, fragment

verb

1. divide into slivers or splinters

Similar word(s): splinter

Definition categories: social, dissever, divide, separate, split

2. break up into splinters or slivers

Similar word(s): splinter

Definition categories: change, fragment, fragmentise, fragmentize

3. form into slivers

- sliver wood

Definition categories: change, form, shape