sliver

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. Source: opted

2. n. A long piece cut ot rent off; a sharp, slender fragment; a splinter. Source: opted

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. Source: opted

4. n. Bait made of pieces of small fish. Cf. Kibblings. Source: opted

5. n. a small thin sharp bit of wood or glass or metal Source: wordnet

6. n. a thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something Source: wordnet

7. v. divide into slivers or splinters Source: wordnet

8. v. break up into splinters or slivers Source: wordnet

9. v. form into slivers Source: wordnet

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. Source: webster

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. Source: adambom

12. v:13/n:87 v. divide into slivers or splinters v. form into slivers Source: ecdict

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