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splinter

noun

1 splinter

A small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal:
— He got a splinter in his finger.

synonym: sliver.

Roget 205: filament, line; fiber, fibril; funicle, vein; hair, capillament, cilium, cilia, pilus, pili; tendril, gossamer; ... show more

Dutch: splintergroep, splinter
Polish: Å‚upka

verb

1 splinter

Withdraw from an organization or communion.

synonyms: break away, secede.

Roget 44: be disjoined &c.; come off, fall off, come to pieces, fall to pieces; peel off; get loose.    disjoin, disconnect, disengage, disunite, dissociate, dispair; ... show more

Roget 328: be brittle etc. adj.; live in a glass house.    break, crack, snap, split, shiver, splinter, crumble, break short, burst, fly, ... show more

Dutch: zich afscheiden

2 splinter

Divide into slivers or splinters.

synonym: sliver.

Dutch: splinteren

3 splinter

Break up into splinters or slivers:
— The wood splintered.

synonym: sliver.

Dutch: versplinteren


adverb

Roget 31: truly etc. (truth) 494 [in a positive degree]; decidedly, unequivocally, purely, absolutely, seriously, essentially, fundamentally, radically, ... show more

Moby thesaurus: atomize, bit, black sheep, blemish, breach, break, break into pieces, break to pieces, break up, breakage, breakaway group, burst, butt, camp, caucus, chip, chunk, cleft, clip, clipping ... show more.

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