splinter

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   A long, sharp fragment of material, often wood.

2. 2

   A group that formed by splitting off from a larger membership.

3. 3

   A double-jump bid which indicates shortage in the bid suit.

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   1. 4

      A fragment of a component word in a blend.

   2. 5

      To come apart into long sharp fragments.

      • 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.
   3. 6

      To cause to break apart into long sharp fragments.

      • His third kick splintered the door.
      • After splintering their lances, they wheeled about, and […] abandoned the field to the enemy.
   4. 7

      To break, or cause to break, into factions.

      • The government splintered when the coalition members could not agree.
      • The unpopular new policies splintered the company.
   5. 8

      To fasten or confine with splinters, or splints, as a broken limb.

      • it will be very hard for Me to Splinter up the broken confuséd Pieces of it.
   6. 9

      A surname.

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• synonymsliverlong sharp fragment
• synonymshardlong sharp fragment
• synonymspelklong sharp fragment
• synonymspilllong sharp fragment
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