splinter
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: bridge
games
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
Etymology: From Middle English splenter, splinter, from Middle Dutch splinter, equivalent to splint + -er.
Base: splint
Affixes: -er
Inflected forms:
form: splinters
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: splinters
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: splintering
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: splintered
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: splintered
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A long, sharp fragment of material, often wood.
pos: noun
gloss: A long, sharp fragment of material, often wood.
pos: noun
gloss: A group that formed by splitting off from a larger membership.
pos: noun
gloss: A double-jump bid which indicates shortage in the bid suit.
pos: noun
gloss: A fragment of a component word in a blend.
pos: noun
gloss: To come apart into long sharp fragments.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: The tall tree splintered during the storm.
It was all coming at her now: the fatigue and the fever; pieces of her lung splintering and mixing with her throwup; the calcifications on her bones, where the disease had already spread.
gloss: To cause to break apart into long sharp fragments.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: His third kick splintered the door.
After splintering their lances, they wheeled about, and […] abandoned the field to the enemy.
gloss: To break, or cause to break, into factions.
pos: verb
tags: figuratively
examples: The government splintered when the coalition members could not agree.
The unpopular new policies splintered the company.
gloss: To fasten or confine with splinters, or splints, as a broken limb.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: it will be very hard for Me to Splinter up the broken confuséd Pieces of it.
Synonyms: sliver
shard
spelk
spill
Related words: splint
Derived words: antisplinter
splinter bar
splinter bone
splintercat
splinterize
splinterless
splinterlike
splinternet
splinter-new
splinter party
splinterproof
splinter skill
splintery
nonsplintering
splinterable
splinteringly
splinter up
unsplintered
Translations:
lang: Arabic
word: شَظِيَّة
roman: šaẓiyya
lang: Armenian
word: տաշեղ
roman: tašeġ
lang: Aromanian
word: ashclji
lang: Aromanian
word: aschlje
lang: Azerbaijani
word: tilişkə
lang: Basque
word: ezpal
lang: Belarusian
word: ска́бка
roman: skábka
lang: Belarusian
word: стрэ́мка
roman: strémka
lang: Bulgarian
word: отло́мък
roman: otlómǎk
lang: Bulgarian
word: треска́
roman: treská
lang: Catalan
word: estella
lang: Cherokee
word: ᎤᏢᏓᎸᏓ
roman: utlvdalvda
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 碎片
roman: suìpiàn
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 刺
roman: cì
lang: Czech
word: tříska
lang: Czech
word: úlomek
lang: Czech
word: odštěpek
lang: Dalmatian
word: sčela
lang: Danish
word: splint
lang: Dutch
word: splinter
lang: Esperanto
word: splito
lang: Estonian
word: pind
lang: Estonian
word: kild
lang: Finnish
word: säle
lang: Finnish
word: sirpale
lang: Finnish
word: pirstale
lang: French
word: éclat
lang: French
word: esquille
lang: French
word: écharde
lang: Friulian
word: sclese
lang: Friulian
word: scae
lang: Galician
word: estela
lang: Galician
word: racha
lang: Galician
word: acha
lang: Galician
word: pitela
lang: Galician
word: cavaco
lang: Galician
word: guizo
lang: Galician
word: lerca
lang: Galician
word: escádea
lang: Galician
word: trisca
lang: Galician
word: turraca
lang: Galician
word: lircha
lang: Galician
word: troupecelo
lang: Georgian
word: ხიწვი
roman: xic̣vi
lang: Georgian
word: ხიჭვი
roman: xič̣vi
lang: German
word: Splitter
lang: German
word: Splinter
lang: German
word: Schiefer
lang: German
word: Spreißel
lang: Greek
word: σκλήθρα
roman: sklíthra
lang: Greek
word: θραύσμα
roman: thráfsma
lang: Greek
word: ακίδα
roman: akída
lang: Ancient Greek
word: σχινδάλαμος
roman: skhindálamos
lang: Hebrew
word: קֵיסָם
roman: kesám
lang: Hebrew
word: שְׁבָב
roman: shvav
lang: Hungarian
word: forgács
lang: Hungarian
word: szálka
lang: Ingrian
word: päre
lang: Irish
word: scealp
lang: Irish
word: scealpóg
lang: Italian
word: scheggia
lang: Japanese
word: 破片
roman: hahen
lang: Japanese
word: 刺
roman: toge
lang: Khmer
word: ចំរាស
roman: cɑmriəh
lang: Korean
word: 조각
roman: jogak
lang: Korean
word: 지저깨비
roman: jijeokkaebi
lang: Lao
word: ສ້ຽນ
roman: sīan
lang: Latin
word: assula
lang: Latin
word: schidia
lang: Latvian
word: skaida
lang: Latvian
word: skabarga
lang: Lithuanian
word: drožlė
lang: Lithuanian
word: rakštis
lang: Macedonian
word: спица
roman: spica
lang: Macedonian
word: деланка
roman: delanka
lang: Macedonian
word: треска
roman: treska
lang: Māori
word: koi
lang: Norman
word: êclyi
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: flis
lang: Occitan
word: astèla
lang: Occitan
word: estèla
lang: Occitan
word: ascla
lang: Occitan
word: esquilha
lang: Old English
word: speld
lang: Persian
word: تریشه
roman: teriše
lang: Plautdietsch
word: Spekja
lang: Polish
word: odłamek
lang: Polish
word: drzazga
lang: Portuguese
word: farpa
lang: Romanian
word: așchie
lang: Russian
word: ще́пка
roman: ščépka
lang: Russian
word: зано́за
roman: zanóza
lang: Sardinian
word: alcia
lang: Sardinian
word: ascia
lang: Sardinian
word: ascra
lang: Sardinian
word: astua
lang: Sardinian
word: astula
lang: Sardinian
word: schedra
lang: Sardinian
word: schelda
lang: Scots
word: spail
lang: Scots
word: pran
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: spealg
lang: Slovak
word: trieska
lang: Slovak
word: štiepka
lang: Slovene
word: trska
lang: Spanish
word: astilla
lang: Spanish
word: esquirla
lang: Swedish
word: flisa
lang: Swedish
word: sticka
lang: Tagalog
word: subyang
lang: Tajik
word: параха
roman: paraxa
lang: Thai
word: เสี้ยน
roman: sîian
lang: Turkish
word: kıymık
lang: Ukrainian
word: ска́бка
roman: skábka
lang: Ukrainian
word: ска́лка
roman: skálka
lang: Venetan
word: sgrexénda
lang: Venetan
word: s-cexa
lang: Walloon
word: schete