Word

sliver, v.
(slivered, slivering, slivers)

form into slivers
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sliver

sample sentences

"sliver wood"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

semantic pointers

hypernym

break up into splinters or slivers
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sliver splinter

sample sentences

"The wood splintered"

verb frames

Something ----s

verb frames

Something ----s

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

semantic pointers

hypernym

break up, fragment, fragmentize, fragmentise

divide into slivers or splinters
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sliver splinter

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
The wooden sticks %s

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

splintering splinter

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

semantic pointers

hypernym

divide, separate, split, split up, dissever, carve up