splinter — Английский словарь

Существительное

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.

Глагол

1. To come apart into long sharp fragments.

   Употребление

   • непереходный глагол

   Примеры

   The tall tree splintered during the storm.

   Другие примеры (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.

   Употребление

   • переходный глагол

   Примеры

   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.

   Употребление

   • переносное
   • of a group

   Примеры

   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.

   Употребление

   • переходный глагол

   Примеры

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

Существительное

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

   Синонимы

   sliver

   Более общие понятия

   bitchipflakefleckscrap

   Примеры

   he got a splinter in his finger

   it broke into slivers

Глагол

1. withdraw from an organization or communion

   Синонимы

   secedebreak away

   Более общие понятия

   separatepartsplit upsplitbreakbreak up

   Примеры

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

2. divide into slivers or splinters

   Синонимы

   sliver

   Более общие понятия

   dividesplitsplit upseparatedissevercarve up

3. break up into splinters or slivers

   Синонимы

   sliver

   Более общие понятия

   break upfragmentfragmentizefragmentise

   Примеры

   The wood splintered