SLIVER
Dictionary entry overview: What does sliver mean?
• SLIVER (noun)
The noun SLIVER has 2 senses:
1. a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal
2. a thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something
Familiarity information: SLIVER used as a noun is rare.
• SLIVER (verb)
The verb SLIVER has 3 senses:
1. divide into slivers or splinters
2. break up into splinters or slivers
3. form into slivers
Familiarity information: SLIVER used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• SLIVER (noun)
Meaning:
A small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Synonyms:
sliver; splinter
Context examples:
he got a splinter in his finger / it broke into slivers
Hypernyms ("sliver" is a kind of...):
bit; chip; flake; fleck; scrap (a small fragment of something broken off from the whole)
Meaning:
A thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Synonyms:
paring; shaving; sliver
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)
• SLIVER (verb)
Meaning:
Divide into slivers or splinters
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
sliver; splinter
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
Meaning:
Break up into splinters or slivers
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
sliver; splinter
Context example:
The wood splintered
Hypernyms (to "sliver" is one way to...):
break up; fragment; fragmentise; fragmentize (break or cause to break into pieces)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Meaning:
Form into slivers
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context example:
sliver wood
Hypernyms (to "sliver" is one way to...):
form; shape (give shape or form to)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
