Found 4 items, similar to splinter.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak) Definition: splinter serpih
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: splinter belahan, gempilan
English → English (WordNet) Definition: splinter splinter n : a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal; “he got a splinter in his finger”; “it flew into flinders” [syn: sliver, flinders] splinter v 1: withdraw from an organization or communion; “After the break up of the Soviet Union, many republics broke away” [syn: secede, break away] 2: divide into slivers or splinters [syn: sliver] 3: break up into splinters or slivers; “The wood splintered” [syn: sliver]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Splinter Splinter \Splin"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Splintered; p. pr. & vb. n. Splintering.] [Cf. LG. splittern, splinteren. See Splint, n., Split.] 1. To split or rend into long, thin pieces; to shiver; as, the lightning splinters a tree. [1913 Webster] After splintering their lances, they wheeled about, and . . . abandoned the field to the enemy. --Prescott. [1913 Webster] 2. To fasten or confine with splinters, or splints, as a broken limb. --Bp. Wren. [1913 Webster] Splinter \Splin"ter\, v. i. To become split into long pieces. [1913 Webster] Splinter \Splin"ter\, n. [See Splinter, v., or Splint, n.] A thin piece split or rent off lengthwise, as from wood, bone, or other solid substance; a thin piece; a sliver; as, splinters of a ship's mast rent off by a shot. [1913 Webster] Splinter bar. (a) A crossbar in a coach, which supports the springs. (b) The bar to which the traces are attached; a roller bolt; a whiffletree. [1913 Webster]