Thesaurus: sliver

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1. v. t. To cut or divide into long, thin pieces, or into very small pieces; to cut or rend lengthwise; to slit; as, to sliver wood.
2. n. A long piece cut ot rent off; a sharp, slender fragment; a splinter.
3. n. 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 preceeds spinning.
4. n. Bait made of pieces of small fish. Cf. Kibblings.
5. n. a small thin sharp bit of wood or glass or metal
6. n. a thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something
7. v. divide into slivers or splinters
8. v. break up into splinters or slivers
9. v. form into slivers
10. To cut or divide into long, thin pieces, or into very small pieces; to cut or rend lengthwise; to slit; as, to sliver wood. Shak. They 'll sliver thee like a turnip. Sir W. Scott. 1. A long piece cut ot rent off; a sharp, slender fragment; a splinter. 2. 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 preceeds spinning. 3. pl. Bait made of pieces of small fish. Cf. Kibblings. [Local, U.S.] Bartlett.
11. To cut or divide into long, thin pieces, or into very smallpieces; to cut or rend lengthwise; to slit; as, to sliver wood. Shak.They 'll sliver thee like a turnip. Sir W. Scott.
12. v:13/n:87 v. divide into slivers or splinters v. form into slivers