A splinter is a narrow, pointed sliver that breaks off something larger. If you walk barefoot on a wooden floor, dock, or boardwalk, you might get a splinter of wood in your foot. Ouch!
To split or rend into long, thin pieces; to shiver;
Noun
a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal; "he got a splinter in his finger"; "it flew into flinders"
Verb
break up into splinters or slivers; "The wood splintered"
Verb
divide into slivers or splinters
Verb
withdraw from an organization or communion; "After the break up of the Soviet Union, many republics broke away"
n.
To split or rend into long, thin pieces; to shiver; as,
the lightning splinters a tree.
n.
To fasten or confine with splinters, or splints, as a
broken limb.
v. i.
To become split into long pieces.
n.
A thin piece split or rent off lengthwise, as from wood,
bone, or other solid substance; a thin piece; a sliver; as, splinters
of a ship's mast rent off by a shot.
Splinter
After splintering their lances, they wheeled about, and . . . abandoned the field to the enemy.2.
Splinter
Splinter
To split or rend into long, thin pieces; to shiver;
To become split into long pieces.
A thin piece split or rent off lengthwise, as from wood, bone, or other solid substance; a thin piece; a sliver;
Usage Examples
The splinter in your eye is the best magnifying-glass.
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Other Usage ExamplesI decided to go to school for advertising and graphic design. That was what I was gonna do but acting is that thing, it's like a splinter in your mind and you can't get rid of it. So I decided to move to L.A. a few years ago and it just snowballed into this thing called 'The Hunger Games.'
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