sliver : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: sliver	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for sliver
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sliver n a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal; "he got a splinter in his finger"; "it broke into slivers" Synonym(s): splinter, sliver a thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something Synonym(s): paring, sliver, shaving v divide into slivers or splinters [syn: sliver, splinter] break up into splinters or slivers; "The wood splintered" Synonym(s): splinter, sliver form into slivers; "sliver wood"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sliver \Sliv"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Slivered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Slivering}.] [See {Slive}, v. t.] 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sliver \Sliv"er\, n. 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.