a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal; he got a splinter in his finger; it broke into slivers
[ Syn: sliver ]
splinter (n.)
withdraw from an organization or communion; After the break up of the Soviet Union, many republics broke away
[ Syn: secede , break away ]
divide into slivers or splinters
[ Syn: sliver ]
break up into splinters or slivers; The wood splintered
[ Syn: sliver ]