splinter
[ˈspl̥ɪn.tʰə]noun, verb2 syllables
Splinter means: withdraw from an organization or communion.
Synonyms for splinter8
noun, as in a small thin sharp bit of wood or glass or metal
verb, as in withdraw from an organization or communion
verb, as in divide into slivers or splinters
verb, as in break up into splinters or slivers
also used for splinter
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What does splinter mean?4
verb
withdraw from an organization or communion“After the break up of the Soviet Union, many republics broke away”
divide into slivers or splinters
break up into splinters or slivers“The wood splintered”
noun
a small thin sharp bit of wood or glass or metal“he got a splinter in his finger”
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What rhymes with splinter?3
Splinter in a sentence
- The splinter was huge, pretty deep and insanely painful.Amastan
- There were disagreements, and the community began to splinter.sundown
- Ziri used tweezers to pull out the splinter.Amastan
- Ziri gently tried to squeeze the splinter out of his finger.Amastan
- I have a splinter in the palm of my hand.sharptoothed
- Ziri got a splinter out from underneath his nail.Amastan
- Ziri squeezed the splinter out of his finger.Amastan
- One of the most painful places to get a splinter is under the fingernail.patgfisher
Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.
Forms of splinter
as a noun
- plural
- splinters
as a verb
- past tense
- splintered
- present participle
- splintering
- third-person singular
- splinters
- past participle
- splintered