splinter — Dizionario inglese

Sostantivo

1. A long, sharp fragment of material, often wood.

2. A long, sharp fragment of material, often wood. A small such fragment that gets embedded in the flesh.

3. A group that formed by splitting off from a larger membership.

4. A double-jump bid which indicates shortage in the bid suit.

5. A fragment of a component word in a blend.

Verbo

1. To come apart into long sharp fragments.

   Uso

   • intransitivo

   Esempi

   The tall tree splintered during the storm.

   Altri esempi (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.

2. To cause to break apart into long sharp fragments.

   Uso

   • transitivo

   Esempi

   His third kick splintered the door.

   After splintering their lances, they wheeled about, and […] abandoned the field to the enemy.

3. To break, or cause to break, into factions.

   Uso

   • figurato
   • of a group

   Esempi

   The government splintered when the coalition members could not agree.

   The unpopular new policies splintered the company.

4. To fasten or confine with splinters, or splints, as a broken limb.

   Uso

   • transitivo

   Esempi

   it will be very hard for Me to Splinter up the broken confuséd Pieces of it.

Sostantivo

1. a small thin sharp bit of wood or glass or metal

   Sinonimi

   sliver

   Termini più generali

   bitchipflakefleckscrap

   Esempi

   he got a splinter in his finger

   it broke into slivers

Verbo

1. withdraw from an organization or communion

   Sinonimi

   secedebreak away

   Termini più generali

   separatepartsplit upsplitbreakbreak up

   Esempi

   After the break up of the Soviet Union, many republics broke away

2. divide into slivers or splinters

   Sinonimi

   sliver

   Termini più generali

   dividesplitsplit upseparatedissevercarve up

3. break up into splinters or slivers

   Sinonimi

   sliver

   Termini più generali

   break upfragmentfragmentizefragmentise

   Esempi

   The wood splintered