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splin·ter
(splĭn′tər)n.
1. A sharp, slender piece, as of wood, bone, glass, or metal, split or broken off from a main body.
2. A splinter group.
v. splin·tered, splin·ter·ing, splin·ters
v.intr.
To split or break into sharp, slender pieces; form splinters.
v.tr.
To cause to splinter. See Synonyms at break.
[Middle English, from Middle Dutch.]
splin′ter·y adj.
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splinter
(ˈsplɪntə)n
1. a very small sharp piece of wood, glass, metal, etc, characteristically long and thin, broken off from a whole
2. (Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) a metal fragment, from the container of a shell, bomb, etc, thrown out during an explosion
vb
3. to reduce or be reduced to sharp fragments; shatter
4. to break or be broken off in small sharp fragments
[C14: from Middle Dutch splinter; see splint]
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splin•ter
(ˈsplɪn tər)n.
1. a small, thin, sharp piece of wood, bone, or the like, split or broken off from the main body.
v.t. 2. to split or break into splinters.
3. to break off (something) in splinters.
4. to split or break (a larger group) into separate factions or independent groups.
5. Obs. to secure or support by a splint or splints.
v.i. 6. to be split or broken into splinters.
7. to break off in splinters.
[1350–1400; Middle English < Middle Dutch]
splin′ter•y, adj.
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splinter
Past participle: splintered
Gerund: splintering
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| Noun | 1. | splinter - a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal; "he got a splinter in his finger"; "it broke into slivers" |
| Verb | 1. | splinter - withdraw from an organization or communion; "After the break up of the Soviet Union, many republics broke away" |
| 2. | splinter - divide into slivers or splinters | |
| 3. | splinter - break up into splinters or slivers; "The wood splintered" fragment, fragmentise, fragmentize, break up - break or cause to break into pieces; "The plate fragmented" |
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splinter
verb
1. shatter, split, fracture, shiver, disintegrate, break into fragments, smash into smithereens The ruler cracked and splintered into pieces.
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splinter
verb1. To crack or split into two or more fragments by means of or as a result of force, a blow, or strain:
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splinter
[ˈsplɪntəʳ]A. N [of wood, metal] → astilla f; [of glass] → fragmento m; [of bone] → esquirla f, fragmento m
I've got a splinter in my finger → tengo una astilla en el dedo
I've got a splinter in my finger → tengo una astilla en el dedo
B. VI → astillarse, hacerse astillas (fig) [party] → escindirse
to splinter off from → escindirse or separarse de
to splinter off from → escindirse or separarse de
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splint
(splint) noun a piece of wood etc used to keep a broken arm or leg in a fixed position while it heals. tablilla
ˈsplinter noun a small sharp broken piece of wood etc. The rough plank gave her a splinter in her finger.astilla
verb to split into splinters. The door splintered under the heavy blow.astillarse, hacerse astillas
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splinter
→ astillaMultilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
splinter
n. espina; esquirla; astilla.
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splinter
n astillaEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.