sliver Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal
    splinter.
    • he got a splinter in his finger
    • it broke into slivers
  2. noun a thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something
    paring; shaving.
  3. verb divide into slivers or splinters
    splinter.
  4. verb break up into splinters or slivers
    splinter.
    • The wood splintered
  5. verb form into slivers
    • sliver wood

WordNet

Sliv"er transitive verb
Etymology
See Slive, v. t.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Slivered ; present participle & verbal noun Slivering
Definitions
  1. 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.
Sliv"er noun
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913