splinter

Noun · Verb
Synonyms: sliversecedebreak away

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal“he got a splinter in his finger”“it broke into slivers”Synonyms: sliver

Verb (3)

  1. withdraw from an organization or communion“After the break up of the Soviet Union, many republics broke away”Synonyms: secedebreak away
  2. divide into slivers or splintersSynonyms: sliver
  3. break up into splinters or slivers“The wood splintered”Synonyms: sliver
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Splinter \Splin"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Splintered; p. pr. & vb. n. Splintering.] [Cf. LG. splittern, splinteren. See Splint, n., Split.]

1.To split or rend into long, thin pieces; to shiver; as, the lightning splinters a tree. [1913 Webster]

After splintering their lances, they wheeled about, and . . . abandoned the field to the enemy.— Prescott.[1913 Webster]

2.To fasten or confine with splinters, or splints, as a broken limb. --Bp. Wren. [1913 Webster]

Splinter \Splin"ter\, v. i. To become split into long pieces. [1913 Webster]
Splinter \Splin"ter\, n. [See Splinter, v., or Splint, 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. [1913 Webster]

Splinter bar. (a) A crossbar in a coach, which supports the springs. (b) The bar to which the traces are attached; a roller bolt; a whiffletree. [1913 Webster]

Free On-line Dictionary of Computing

SPLINTER

A PL/I interpreter with debugging features.

[Sammet 1969, p.600].

(1995-01-19)

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