sliver (Meaning)
sliver (n)
a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal
a thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something
sliver (v)
divide into slivers or splinters
break up into splinters or slivers
form into slivers
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.
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.
Bait made of pieces of small fish. Cf. Kibblings.
Synonyms & Antonyms of sliver
sliver Sentence Examples
- A sliver of sunlight peeked through the curtains, casting an ethereal glow over the room.
- The boy gingerly extracted a sliver of glass from his finger, wincing in pain.
- The cake was cut into paper-thin slivers, each one a tantalizing treat.
- The canoe drifted silently through the water, leaving a sliver of a wake behind it.
- The moon hung low in the sky, casting a silver sliver of light on the sleeping town.
- A sliver of memory surfaced, bringing back forgotten details of a childhood summer.
- The mountain climber precariously balanced on a narrow sliver of rock, fear gnawing at his mind.
- The blizzard deposited a sliver of snow on the windowsill, painting a frosty scene.
- The ancient parchment was crumbling, revealing a sliver of long-lost writing.
- The moon's crescent shape was a mere sliver, barely visible against the starlit sky.
FAQs About the word sliver
a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal, a thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something, divide into slivers or spli
fragment, splinter,chip, shard, spall, disk, scrap, part, particle, shred
slab, lump, lump,slab, chunk, chunk,hunk, hunk,
A sliver of sunlight peeked through the curtains, casting an ethereal glow over the room.
The boy gingerly extracted a sliver of glass from his finger, wincing in pain.
The cake was cut into paper-thin slivers, each one a tantalizing treat.
The canoe drifted silently through the water, leaving a sliver of a wake behind it.
