shatter
see also: Shatter
Etymology
Shatter
Proper noun
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see also: Shatter
Etymology
From Middle English schateren, an assibilated form of Middle English scateren "to scatter"; see scatter, from Old English scaterian, from Proto-Germanic *skat-, perhaps ultimately imitative.
Pronunciation Verbshatter (shatters, present participle shattering; simple past and past participle shattered)
- (transitive) To violently break something into pieces.
- The miners used dynamite to shatter rocks.
- a high-pitched voice that could shatter glass
- The old oak tree has been shattered by lightning.
- (transitive) To destroy or disable something.
- (intransitive) To smash, or break into tiny pieces.
- (transitive) To dispirit or emotionally defeat.
- to be shattered in intellect
- to have shattered hopes
- to have a shattered constitution
- 1984, Martyn Burke, The commissar's report,, page 36:
- Your death will shatter him. Which is what I want. Actually, I would prefer to kill him.
- 2006, A. W. Maldonado, Luis Muñoz Marín: Puerto Rico's democratic revolution,, page 163:
- The marriage, of course, was long broken but Munoz knew that asking her for a divorce would shatter her.
- (intransitive, agriculture) Of seeds: to be dispersed upon ripening.
- 1961, Yearbook of Agriculture, page 175:
- Harvesting is done much as with alfalfa, but alsike seed is small and shatters if it is not handled carefully.
- (obsolete) To scatter about.
- 1637, John Milton, “Lycidas”, in Poems of Mr. John Milton, […], London: […] Ruth Raworth for Humphrey Mosely, […], published 1646, →OCLC ↗:
- Shatter your leaves before the mellowing year.
- French: fracasser, réduire en miettes, mettre en pièces, briser
- German: zum Zerspringen bringen, zerschmettern, zersplittern
- Italian: fracassare, spaccare, sconquassare, frantumare
- Portuguese: estilhaçar
- Russian: разбива́ть
- Spanish: astillar, estrellar, quebrantar, hacer añicos
- French: éclater, voler en éclats
- German: zerspringen
- Italian: andare in frantumi, sbriciolarsi
- Portuguese: estilhaçar
- Russian: разбива́ться
- Spanish: astillar, estrellar, hacer añicos
shatter
- (countable, archaic) A fragment of anything shattered.
- to break a glass into shatters
- 1731 (date written, published 1745), Jonathan Swift, “Directions to Servants”, in Thomas Sheridan, John Nichols, editors, The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, […], new edition, volume XVI, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], published 1801, →OCLC ↗:
- it will fall upon the glass of the sconce, and break it into shatters
- A (pine) needle.
- Synonyms: shat
- 1834, The Southern Agriculturist and Register of Rural Affairs: Adapted to the Southern Section of the United States, page 421:
- My usual habit is, as soon as I get my wheat trodden out, and my corn secured in the fall, to litter my farm yard (and if my cultivation is far off, I select some warm spot near the field) with leaves and pine shatters, (preferring the former) ...
- 1859, Samuel W. Cole, The New England Farmer, page 277:
- They are preserved in cellars, or out of doors in kilns. The method of fixing them is to raise the ground a few inches, where they are to be placed, and cover with pine shatters to the depth of six inches or more.
- Synonyms: shat
- (uncountable, slang) A form of concentrated cannabis.
- German: Nadel, Kiefernnadel
Shatter
Proper noun
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