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SLIVER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sliver mean?
• SLIVER (noun)
The noun SLIVER has 2 senses:
1. a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal
2. a thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something
Familiarity information: SLIVER used as a noun is rare.
• SLIVER (verb)
The verb SLIVER has 3 senses:
1. divide into slivers or splinters
2. break up into splinters or slivers
Familiarity information: SLIVER used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Synonyms:
sliver; splinter
Context example:
it broke into slivers
Hypernyms ("sliver" is a kind of...):
bit; chip; flake; fleck; scrap (a small fragment of something broken off from the whole)
Derivation:
sliver (form into slivers)
sliver (break up into splinters or slivers)
slivery (resembling or consisting of or embedded with long slender fragments of (especially) wood having sharp points)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Synonyms:
Hypernyms ("sliver" is a kind of...):
fragment (a piece broken off or cut off of something else)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sliver"):
splint (a thin sliver of wood)
turning (a shaving created when something is produced by turning it on a lathe)
Derivation:
sliver (form into slivers)
sliver (divide into slivers or splinters)
slivery (resembling or consisting of or embedded with long slender fragments of (especially) wood having sharp points)
Conjugation: |
Past simple: slivered
Past participle: slivered
-ing form: slivering
Sense 1
Meaning:
Divide into slivers or splinters
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
sliver; splinter
Hypernyms (to "sliver" is one way to...):
carve up; dissever; divide; separate; split; split up (separate into parts or portions)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derivation:
sliver (a thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Break up into splinters or slivers
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
sliver; splinter
Context example:
The wood splintered
Hypernyms (to "sliver" is one way to...):
break up; fragment; fragmentise; fragmentize (break or cause to break into pieces)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Derivation:
sliver (a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Form into slivers
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context example:
sliver wood
Hypernyms (to "sliver" is one way to...):
form; shape (give shape or form to)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
sliver (a thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something)
sliver (a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal)
Context examples
I fed it, shaving by shaving, and sliver by sliver, till at last it was snapping and crackling as it laid hold of the smaller chips and sticks.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
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