Definition of sliver Sliver
/slɪˈvɚ/ - [sliver] - sliv•er
We found 17 definitions of sliver from 7 different sources.
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What does sliver mean?
WordNet
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| sliver - divide into slivers or splinters | ||
| splinter | ||
| carve up, dissever, split up, split, divide, separate perform a division; "Can you divide 49 by seven?" | ||
| sliver - form into slivers; "sliver wood" | ||
| shape, form give shape or form to; "shape the dough"; "form the young child's character" | ||
| sliver - break up into splinters or slivers; "The wood splintered" | ||
| splinter | ||
| fragment, fragmentise, fragmentize, break up laugh unrestrainedly | ||
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Wiktionary 
- sliver (Noun)
A long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment; a splinter. - sliver (Noun)
A strand, or slender roll, of cotton or other fiber in a loose, un twisted state, produced by a carding machine and ready for the roving or slubbing which precedes spinning. - sliver (Noun)
Bait made of pieces of small fish. Compare kibblings. - sliver (Noun)
A narrow high-rise apartment building. - sliver (Verb)
To cut or divide into long, thin pieces, or into very small pieces; to cut or rend lengthwise; to slit; as, to sliver wood.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- sliver (v. t.)
To cut or divide into long, thin pieces, or into very small pieces; to cut or rend lengthwise; to slit; as, to sliver wood. - sliver (n.)
A long piece cut ot rent off; a sharp, slender fragment; a splinter. - sliver (n.)
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 preceeds spinning. - sliver (n.)
Bait made of pieces of small fish. Cf. Kibblings.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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sliver
A small, slender, often sharp piece, as of wood or glass. -
sliver
Any small, narrow piece or portion.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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sliver
sliv′ėr, or slī′vėr, v.t. to split, to tear off lengthwise, to slice.—n. a piece cut or rent off, a slice: a continuous strand of loose untwisted wool or other fibre.—v.i. Slive, to slide, skulk. [A.S. slífan, to cleave.]
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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sliver
An old term for a sluice. Also, any thin piece of split wood used as a filling. Also, a short slop wrapper, formerly called a sliving.
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