Pronunciations (12)
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/ˈsplɪn.tə/
Pronunciation notes
- Received-Pronunciation
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[ˈspl̥ɪn.tʰə]
Pronunciation notes
- Received-Pronunciation
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/ˈsplɪn.tɚ/
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[ˈspl̥ɪn.tʰə]
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[ˈspl̥ɪn.tʰɐ̝]
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/ˈsplɪn̆.ə/
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[ˈspl̥ɪn̆.ə]
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[ˈspl̥ɪn̆.ɐ̝]
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[ˈspl̥ɪn.tʰɚ]
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/ˈsplɪɾ̃.ɚ/
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[ˈspl̥ɪɾ̃.ɚ]
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[ˈspl̥ɪɾ̃.ɹ̩]
Noun
A long, sharp fragment of material, often wood.
A long, sharp fragment of material, often wood. A small such fragment that gets embedded in the flesh.
A group that formed by splitting off from a larger membership.
A double-jump bid which indicates shortage in the bid suit.
A fragment of a component word in a blend.
Verb
To come apart into long sharp fragments.
Usage- Intransitive
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The tall tree splintered during the storm.
More examples (1)
It was all coming at her now: the fatigue and the fever; pieces of her lung splintering and mixing with her throwup; the calcifications on her bones, where the disease had already spread.
To cause to break apart into long sharp fragments.
Usage- Transitive
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His third kick splintered the door.
After splintering their lances, they wheeled about, and […] abandoned the field to the enemy.
To break, or cause to break, into factions.
Usage- Figurative
- of a group
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The government splintered when the coalition members could not agree.
The unpopular new policies splintered the company.
To fasten or confine with splinters, or splints, as a broken limb.
Usage- Transitive
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it will be very hard for Me to Splinter up the broken confuséd Pieces of it.
Noun
a small thin sharp bit of wood or glass or metal
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he got a splinter in his finger
it broke into slivers
Verb
withdraw from an organization or communion
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After the break up of the Soviet Union, many republics broke away
divide into slivers or splinters
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break up into splinters or slivers
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- Broader terms
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The wood splintered