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(verb) form into slivers, as of wool |
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Related Words: form, shape |
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| 2. |
(verb) divide into slivers or splinters |
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Synonyms: splinter |
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Related Words: carve up, dissever, divide, separate, split, split up |
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(verb) break up into splinters or slivers; "The wood splintered" |
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Synonyms: splinter |
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Related Words: break up, fragment, fragmentize |
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(noun) a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal; "he got a splinter in his finger"; "it flew into flinders" |
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Synonyms: flinders, splinter |
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Related Words: bit, chip, flake, fleck, scrap |
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(noun) a thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something |
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Synonyms: paring, shaving |
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Related Words: fragment, splint |
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