Noun
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a thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something
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a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal
"he got a splinter in his finger"
"it broke into slivers"
Verb
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form into slivers
"sliver wood"
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break up into splinters or slivers
"The wood splintered"
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divide into slivers or splinters