• (British) IPA: /ˈslɪv.əː/
• (America) IPA: /ˈslɪ.vɚ/

sliver (plural slivers)

1. A long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment; a splinter.
   • 2013, J. M. Coetzee, The Childhood of Jesus. Melbourne, Australia: The Text Publishing Company. chapter 27. p. 270.

     A sliver of bone has punctured a lung, and a small surgical operation was needed to remove it (would he like to keep the bone as a memento?--it is in a phial by his bedside).

   1. (regional US) Specifically, a splinter caught under the skin.
2. 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 precedes spinning.
3. (fishing) Bait made of pieces of small fish. Compare kibblings.
4. (US, New York) A narrow high-rise apartment building.

• (long piece cut or rent off) shard, slice, splinter

• French: écharde, éclat
• German: Splitter, kleiner Teil, kleines Stück, Spreißel
• Italian: scheggia, frammento, scaglia, spezzone
• Portuguese: lasca
• Russian: ще́пка
• Spanish: astilla

• German: Band, Faserband

• French: languette
• Spanish: cebo lengüeta

• French: tour, gratte-ciel
• Italian: grattacielo
• Russian: дом-точка
• Spanish: edificio, rascacielos

sliver (slivers, present participle slivering; past and past participle slivered)

1. (transitive) To cut or divide into long, thin pieces, or into very small pieces; to cut or rend lengthwise; to slit.

   to sliver wood

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