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English to English noun
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a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal |  | Example: he got a splinter in his finger
it broke into slivers
source: wordnet30
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A thin piece split or rent off lengthwise, as from wood, bone, or other solid substance; a thin piece; a sliver; as, splinters of a ship's mast rent off by a shot. | | source: webster1913 verb
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withdraw from an organization or communion | | Example: After the break up of the Soviet Union, many republics broke away
source: wordnet30
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divide into slivers or splinters | | source: wordnet30
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break up into splinters or slivers | | Example: The wood splintered
source: wordnet30
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To split or rend into long, thin pieces; to shiver; as, the lightning splinters a tree. | | source: webster1913
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To become split into long pieces. | | source: webster1913
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