Associations to the word «Sliver»

Wiktionary

SLIVER, noun. A long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment; a splinter.
SLIVER, noun. 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 precedes spinning.
SLIVER, noun. Bait made of pieces of small fish. Compare kibblings.
SLIVER, noun. (US) (New York) A narrow high-rise apartment building.
SLIVER, verb. (transitive) To cut or divide into long, thin pieces, or into very small pieces; to cut or rend lengthwise; to slit.

Dictionary definition

SLIVER, noun. A small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal; "he got a splinter in his finger"; "it broke into slivers".
SLIVER, noun. A thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something.
SLIVER, verb. Divide into slivers or splinters.
SLIVER, verb. Break up into splinters or slivers; "The wood splintered".
SLIVER, verb. Form into slivers; "sliver wood".

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