Word

splinter, v.
(splintered, splintering, splinters)
freq. cnt. 3

break up into splinters or slivers
<verb.change> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

sliver splinter

sample sentences

"The wood splintered"

verb frames

Something ----s

verb frames

Something ----s

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

splinter

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

sliver

semantic pointers

hypernym

break up, fragment, fragmentize, fragmentise

divide into slivers or splinters
<verb.social> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

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

sliver

semantic pointers

hypernym

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

withdraw from an organization or communion
<verb.social> freq. cnt.: 14 freq. cnt.: 13 freq. cnt.: 1

break away secede splinter

sample sentences

"After the break up of the Soviet Union, many republics broke away"

verb frames

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP

verb frames

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
The girls %s the wooden sticks

verb frames

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

secession

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

breakaway

semantic pointers

hypernym

break up, split, separate, part, split up, break