splinter

UK /ˈsplɪn.tə(ɹ)/ US /ˈsplɪn.tɚ/
noun 5verb 4name 1

Definitions

noun

1

A long, sharp fragment of material, often wood.

2

A long, sharp fragment of material, often wood.

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.

verb

1

To come apart into long sharp fragments.

The tall tree splintered during the storm.

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.

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.

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.

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

name

1

A surname.

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