Sliver (textiles)
WordNet
noun
(1) A thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something
(2) A small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal
"He got a splinter in his finger"
"It broke into slivers"
verb
(3) Form into slivers
"Sliver wood"
(4) Break up into splinters or slivers
"The wood splintered"
(5) Divide into slivers or splinters
WiktionaryText
Etymology
slivere, sliver from sliven "to cut, cleave, split" from -slīfan (as in tōslīfan "to split, split up").
Noun
- A long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment; a splinter.
- 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.
- Bait made of pieces of small fish. Cf. Kibblings.
- A narrow high-rise apartment building.
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.