Sliver meaning

slĭvər

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A slender piece cut, split, or broken off; a splinter.

Slivers of broken glass.

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A continuous strand of loose fiber, such as wool, flax, silk, or cotton, ready to be roved or spun.

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A small narrow piece, portion, or plot.

A sliver of land.

noun

To split or become split into slivers.

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A thin, sharp piece that has been cut, split, or broken off something; splinter.

noun

Any slender fragment or portion.

The cresecent moon was a sliver of light.

noun

A loose, thin, continuous fiber or strand, as of wool or flax after carding, ready to be drawn and twisted.

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To cut or break into slivers.

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A strand, or slender roll, of cotton or other fiber in a loose, untwisted state, produced by a carding machine and ready for the roving or slubbing which precedes spinning.

noun

Bait made of pieces of small fish. Compare kibblings.

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(US, New York) A narrow high-rise apartment building.

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To cut or divide into long, thin pieces, or into very small pieces; to cut or rend lengthwise; to slit.

To sliver wood.

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Origin of sliver

Middle English slivere from sliven to split from Old English slīfan

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Middle English slivere, sliver from Middle English sliven (“to cut, cleave, split"), from Old English -slÄ«fan (as in tÅslÄ«fan (“to split, split up")).

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