sliver
sliver
Definition
sliver (sliv′ər)
noun
- a thin, sharp piece that has been cut, split, or broken off; splinter
- a loose, thin, continuous fiber or strand, as of wool or flax after carding, ready to be drawn and twisted
Etymology: ME slivere < sliven, to cut, cleave < OE slifan, to split < IE *skleip- < base *(s)kel-: see slit
transitive verb, intransitive verb
to cut or break into slivers
sliver
Synonyms
sliver
Synonyms
sliver
Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- garlic: Make small slits in the meat about 10mm deep and insert small slivers of garlic.
- moon: Was it a large, round, full moon, half a moon, or just a tiny sliver of a moon?
- glass: The tread was hardly worn, there were no cuts of any kind, no flints or slivers of glass.
- wood: A good way is to layer the bottom of your compost unit with some twigs or slivers of wood.
- metal: In the midst of the thorough eye exam, the doctor discovered that a small sliver of metal had lodged in his eye.
- land: A lovely sliver of land, Bute is a geological and scenic hybrid of highland and lowland.
Object
- almond: Optional - sprinkle thinly sliced or slivered almonds over soaked cake.
Converse of object
- remove: Engraving involves cutting into the plate with an engraving tool, which removes a thin sliver of metal.
- get: Program's losses further be able to get that far sliver of the.
- take: Week by week the slivers taken grown, Each tiny gnaw becomes a ravenous bite.
- have: So in a new procedure she had slivers of her ovaries taken out and frozen.
- cut: Peel the top third of the skin from the apples and cut a sliver off the bottom so the apples can stand upright.
Adjective modifier
- tiny: There is no need to be afraid of linking to sites whose scale shows only a tiny sliver of green on their scale.
- thin: Thin slivers of chaos spread all over the city alerted him to any small movement that could signify an intruder.
- fine: It will cut a very fine sliver of paper, sharpens pencils well and is just as good on thicker pieces of wood.
- small: Perhaps one small sliver of hope amidst the gloomy start to 2005 may be the recovery of the term " human security " .
- little: To be able to say I could be a little sliver in their world.
- few: All because a few slivers of silicon refuse to accept the march of time.
Modifies a noun
