Thesaurus: splinter

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1. n. To split or rend into long, thin pieces; to shiver; as, the lightning splinters a tree.
2. n. To fasten or confine with splinters, or splints, as a broken limb.
3. v. i. To become split into long pieces.
4. n. A thin piece split or rent off lengthwise, as from wood, bone, or other solid substance; a thin piece; a sliver; as, splinters of a ship's mast rent off by a shot.
5. n. a small thin sharp bit of wood or glass or metal
6. v. withdraw from an organization or communion
7. v. divide into slivers or splinters
8. v. break up into splinters or slivers
9. 1. To split or rend into long, thin pieces; to shiver; as, the lightning splinters a tree. After splintering their lances, they wheeled about, and . . . abandoned the field to the enemy. Prescott. 2. To fasten or confine with splinters, or splints, as a broken limb. Bp. Wren. To become split into long pieces. A thin piece split or rent off lengthwise, as from wood, bone, or other solid substance; a thin piece; a sliver; as, splinters of a ship's mast rent off by a shot. Splinter bar. (a) A crossbar in a coach, which supports the springs. (b) The bar to which the traces are attached; a roller bolt; a whiffletree.
10. v:42/n:58 n. a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal v. break up into splinters or slivers