sliver > define

noun

• A small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal.
  • usage: "he got a splinter in his finger"; "it broke into slivers"
  • synonyms: splinter
• A thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something.
  • synonyms: paring, shaving

verb

• Divide into slivers or splinters.
  • synonyms: splinter
• Break up into splinters or slivers.
  • usage: "The wood splintered"
  • synonyms: splinter
• Form into slivers.
  • usage: "sliver wood"

• (v.t.) To cut or divide into long, thin pieces or into very small pieces; to cut or rend lengthwise; to slit; as, to sliver wood.
• (n.) A long piece cut ot rent off; a sharp, slender fragment; a splinter.
• (n.) Bait made of pieces of small fish. Cf. Kibblings.
• (n.) A strand or slender roll, of cotton or other fiber in a loose, untwisted state, produced by a carding machine and ready for the roving or slubbing which preceeds spinning.