Sliver

Quick meaning: Sliver is a noun meaning A long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment.

Meaning

A long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment.

More Meanings

1. (fishing) Bait made of pieces of small fish.
2. (US, New York) A narrow high-rise apartment building.
3. A small amount of something; a drop in the bucket; a shred.
4. (transitive) To cut or divide into long, thin pieces, or into very small pieces; to cut or rend lengthwise; to slit.
5. 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 precedes spinning.

Example Sentences

to sliver wood

They'll sliver thee like a turnip.

slips of yew, Sliver'd in the moon's eclipse

A sliver of bone has punctured a lung, and a small surgical operation was needed to remove it (would he like to keep the bone as a memento?--it is in a phial by his bedside).

Word Forms

• slivers
• slivering
• slivered

Synonyms for sliver

Depending on context, synonyms include shard, slice, splinter, bit, ounce, ace.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include splinter, flinders, paring, shaving, shard, outburst.

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