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splinters

 
Noun splinter has 1 sense
  1. splinter, sliver, flinders - a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal; "he got a splinter in his finger"; "it flew into flinders"
    --1 is a kind of wood; bit, chip, flake, fleck, scrap; wood; bit, chip, flake, fleck, scrap
    Derived forms: verb splinter3, verb splinter2
Verb splinter has 3 senses
  1. secede, splinter, break away - withdraw from an organization or communion; "After the break up of the Soviet Union, many republics broke away"
    --1 is one way to separate, part, split up, split, break, break up
    Sample sentence:
    The girls splinter the wooden sticks
  2. sliver, splinter - divide into slivers or splinters
    --2 is one way to divide, split, split up, separate, dissever, carve up
    Derived forms: noun splinter1, noun splintering1
    Sample sentence:
    The wooden sticks splinter
  3. splinter, sliver - break up into splinters or slivers; "The wood splintered"
    --3 is one way to break up, fragment, fragmentize, fragmentise
    Derived form: noun splinter1
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s
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