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splinter
UK /ˈsplɪn.tə(ɹ)/ US /ˈsplɪn.tɚ/
noun 5verb 4name 1
Collocations
6(noun.)
ADJ
tiny | glass, metal, wooden
VERB + SPLINTER
get, have | pull out, remove
SPLINTER + VERB
lodge
PREP
~ of
She carefully removed a splinter of wood from her finger using tweezers.
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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Idioms & Phrases
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The tall tree splintered during the storm.
Wiktionary02
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.
Wiktionary03
His third kick splintered the door.
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I can't get this splinter out of my finger.
Tatoeba · #5907105
I ran a splinter into my finger.
Tatoeba · #25801506
Tom tried to get the splinter out of Mary's finger.
Tatoeba · #1027860Usage Notes
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