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SLIVER

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something

Synonyms:

paring; shaving; sliver

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("sliver" is a kind of...):

fragment (a piece broken off or cut off of something else)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sliver"):

splint (a thin sliver of wood)

turning (a shaving created when something is produced by turning it on a lathe)

Derivation:

sliver (form into slivers)

sliver (divide into slivers or splinters)

slivery (resembling or consisting of or embedded with long slender fragments of (especially) wood having sharp points)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal

Example:

it broke into slivers

Synonyms:

sliver; splinter

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("sliver" is a kind of...):

bit; chip; flake; fleck; scrap (a small fragment of something broken off from the whole)

Derivation:

sliver (form into slivers)

sliver (break up into splinters or slivers)

slivery (resembling or consisting of or embedded with long slender fragments of (especially) wood having sharp points)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Form into slivers

Example:

sliver wood

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "sliver" is one way to...):

form; shape (give shape or form to)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

sliver (a thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something)

sliver (a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Break up into splinters or slivers

Example:

The wood splintered

Synonyms:

sliver; splinter

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "sliver" is one way to...):

break up; fragment; fragmentise; fragmentize (break or cause to break into pieces)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

sliver (a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Divide into slivers or splinters

Synonyms:

sliver; splinter

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "sliver" is one way to...):

carve up; dissever; divide; separate; split; split up (separate into parts or portions)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

sliver (a thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something)

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