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What (who) is Splinter - definition
splinter
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A SMALL SHARD OF SOMETHING, USUALLY WOOD, THAT GETS LODGED INTO THE SKIN
Splinters; Spelk; Wood splinter; Hair splinter
¦ noun a small, thin, sharp piece of wood, glass, etc. broken off from a larger piece.
¦ verb break or cause to break into splinters.
Derivatives
splintery adjective
Origin
ME: from MDu. splinter, splenter; related to splint.
splinter
A SMALL SHARD OF SOMETHING, USUALLY WOOD, THAT GETS LODGED INTO THE SKIN
Splinters; Spelk; Wood splinter; Hair splinter
(splinters, splintering, splintered)
1.
A splinter is a very thin, sharp piece of wood, glass, or other hard substance, which has broken off from a larger piece.
...splinters of glass.
...a splinter in the finger.
N-COUNT
2.
If something splinters or is splintered, it breaks into thin, sharp pieces.
The ruler cracked and splintered into pieces...
The stone rocketed into the glass, splintering it.
VERB: V prep/adv, V n
splinter
A SMALL SHARD OF SOMETHING, USUALLY WOOD, THAT GETS LODGED INTO THE SKIN
Splinters; Spelk; Wood splinter; Hair splinter
n.
1) to get; have a splinter (in one's finger)
2) to extract, get out, remove a splinter (she got the splinter out of my finger)
Wikipedia
Splinter
A splinter (also known as a sliver) is a fragment of a larger object, or a foreign body that penetrates or is purposely injected into a body. The foreign body must be lodged inside tissue to be considered a splinter.
Examples of use of Splinter
1. The Real IRA splinter group claims responsibility.
2. The splinter group soon renamed itself Hezbollah.
3. The government denies backing the splinter group.
4. Sweeney, president of the AFL–CIO, who saw his union splinter with upstart service workers unions but has worked with the splinter group to help fund Americans United.
5. Other opposition splinter candidates are also expected to run.