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Splinter

//ˈsplɪn.tɚ// name, noun, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    A long, sharp fragment of material, often wood.
  2. 2
    a small thin sharp bit of wood or glass or metal wordnet
  3. 3
    A long, sharp fragment of material, often wood.; A small such fragment that gets embedded in the flesh.
  4. 4
    A group that formed by splitting off from a larger membership.
  5. 5
    A double-jump bid which indicates shortage in the bid suit.
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  1. 6
    A fragment of a component word in a blend.
Verb
  1. 1
    To come apart into long sharp fragments. intransitive

    "The tall tree splintered during the storm."

  2. 2
    break up into splinters or slivers wordnet
  3. 3
    To cause to break apart into long sharp fragments. transitive

    "His third kick splintered the door."

  4. 4
    divide into slivers or splinters wordnet
  5. 5
    To break, or cause to break, into factions. figuratively

    "The government splintered when the coalition members could not agree."

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  1. 6
    withdraw from an organization or communion wordnet
  2. 7
    To fasten or confine with splinters, or splints, as a broken limb. transitive

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

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English splinter, from Middle Dutch splinter, equivalent to splint + -er.

Etymology 2

From the noun splinter.

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Dutch and North German Splinter.

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