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SLIVER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("sliver" is a kind of...):
fragment (a piece broken off or cut off of something else)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sliver"):
splint (a thin sliver of wood)
turning (a shaving created when something is produced by turning it on a lathe)
Derivation:
sliver (form into slivers)
sliver (divide into slivers or splinters)
slivery (resembling or consisting of or embedded with long slender fragments of (especially) wood having sharp points)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal
Example:
it broke into slivers
Synonyms:
sliver; splinter
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("sliver" is a kind of...):
bit; chip; flake; fleck; scrap (a small fragment of something broken off from the whole)
Derivation:
sliver (form into slivers)
sliver (break up into splinters or slivers)
slivery (resembling or consisting of or embedded with long slender fragments of (especially) wood having sharp points)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they sliver ... he / she / it slivers
Past simple: slivered
-ing form: slivering
Sense 1
Meaning:
Example:
sliver wood
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "sliver" is one way to...):
form; shape (give shape or form to)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
sliver (a thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something)
sliver (a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Break up into splinters or slivers
Example:
The wood splintered
Synonyms:
sliver; splinter
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "sliver" is one way to...):
break up; fragment; fragmentise; fragmentize (break or cause to break into pieces)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Derivation:
sliver (a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Divide into slivers or splinters
Synonyms:
sliver; splinter
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "sliver" is one way to...):
carve up; dissever; divide; separate; split; split up (separate into parts or portions)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derivation:
sliver (a thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something)