Splinter
noun
A small, thin, sharp piece of wood, glass, or metal broken off a larger piece.
I got a splinter in my finger while working in the garden.
Often appears as...
- wooden splinter
- remove a splinter
verb
To break something into small, thin, sharp pieces.
The mirror fell and splintered into a thousand pieces.
Often appears as...
- splinter into pieces
- window splintered
noun
A small or minor division in a larger group.
The splinter group is fighting for their own rights within the community.
Often appears as...
- splinter group
- splinter movement
Usage tips
Academic
noun
A small, thin, sharp piece of wood, glass, or metal broken off a larger piece.
I got a splinter in my finger while working in the garden.
Often appears as...
- wooden splinter
- remove a splinter
verb
To break something into small, thin, sharp pieces.
The mirror fell and splintered into a thousand pieces.
Often appears as...
- splinter into pieces
- window splintered
noun
A small or minor division in a larger group.
The splinter group is fighting for their own rights within the community.
Often appears as...
- splinter group
- splinter movement
Usage tips
Academic
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Sensation
The word often implies a sharp pain when the splinter enters the skin.
She winced as the splinter pricked her palm.
Pro Tip 2/3Common Occurrences
Splinters are often associated with wooden objects like furniture or decking.
Be careful of the old bench; you might get a splinter.
Pro Tip 3/3Removal
People often use tweezers to carefully remove a splinter from the skin.
She used a needle and tweezers to remove the splinter from her foot.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Sensation
The word often implies a sharp pain when the splinter enters the skin.
She winced as the splinter pricked her palm.
Pro Tip 2/3Common Occurrences
Splinters are often associated with wooden objects like furniture or decking.
Be careful of the old bench; you might get a splinter.
Pro Tip 3/3Removal
People often use tweezers to carefully remove a splinter from the skin.
She used a needle and tweezers to remove the splinter from her foot.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Sensation
The word often implies a sharp pain when the splinter enters the skin.
She winced as the splinter pricked her palm.
Pro Tip 2/3Common Occurrences
Splinters are often associated with wooden objects like furniture or decking.
Be careful of the old bench; you might get a splinter.
Pro Tip 3/3Removal
People often use tweezers to carefully remove a splinter from the skin.
She used a needle and tweezers to remove the splinter from her foot.
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Video examples
"A Seat at the Table"...
It's what women are conditioned to believe success is. And when the chair doesn't fit, when it doesn't reach the table, when it's wobbly, when it's full of splinters, we don't have the luxury of fixing it or finding another one. But we try anyways. We take on that responsibility, and we shoulder that burden.
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After the Avalanche:...
hopefully, as in life, you learn from it. Finally, we got to our high point where we had to decide who was gonna go for the summit because we were a team of five and only three could really climb above this, and we made the decision and it splintered our team.
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The art of the metaphor...
Those splinters and tacks feel real, they hurt your own feet and your own heart, but the mother is describing her life here, not her actual house. And hunger, and cold, exhausting work and poverty are what's also inside those splinters.
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Checking Out the New...
allowed him to venture deeper into a new cave on the lookout for potential living space or valuable resources he can use it's gonna be low so watch it is nearly one mile in the main passage has splintered off into a series of smaller
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Why should you read...
the group splinters and the boys submit to their darker urges. The mob of children soon forgets their plans for rescue, silences the few voices of reason, and blindly follows Jack to the edge of the island, and the edge of sanity.
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Fun, Fierce and...
about futuristic girls that risk everything to save plants or to race camels or even just to dance, to honor fun, because my world is mostly happy. And I know happiness is a privilege in this current splintered world
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The impact of Simón...
world power vast areas of untracked wilderness towering mountain range and the splintered loyalties of many races would have proved difficult for the ablest of generals with strong armies at his
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Amazing Fish Form Giant...
the young yellowfin tuna move in the speed of this attack is so great that gradually groups of an schibetta are splintered from the main fish ball
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The Blue Planet...
the young yellowfin tuna move in the speed of this attack is so great that gradually groups of anchovetta are splintered from the main fishball
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What It's Like To Be a...
Our organization is one of several around the world that helps people so they can begin to feel safe again. When feeling safe is splintered
Video examples
"A Seat at the Table"...
It's what women are conditioned to believe success is. And when the chair doesn't fit, when it doesn't reach the table, when it's wobbly, when it's full of splinters, we don't have the luxury of fixing it or finding another one. But we try anyways. We take on that responsibility, and we shoulder that burden.
Video examples
After the Avalanche:...
hopefully, as in life, you learn from it. Finally, we got to our high point where we had to decide who was gonna go for the summit because we were a team of five and only three could really climb above this, and we made the decision and it splintered our team.
Video examples
The art of the metaphor...
Those splinters and tacks feel real, they hurt your own feet and your own heart, but the mother is describing her life here, not her actual house. And hunger, and cold, exhausting work and poverty are what's also inside those splinters.
Video examples
Checking Out the New...
allowed him to venture deeper into a new cave on the lookout for potential living space or valuable resources he can use it's gonna be low so watch it is nearly one mile in the main passage has splintered off into a series of smaller
Video examples
Why should you read...
the group splinters and the boys submit to their darker urges. The mob of children soon forgets their plans for rescue, silences the few voices of reason, and blindly follows Jack to the edge of the island, and the edge of sanity.
Video examples
Fun, Fierce and...
about futuristic girls that risk everything to save plants or to race camels or even just to dance, to honor fun, because my world is mostly happy. And I know happiness is a privilege in this current splintered world
Video examples
The impact of Simón...
world power vast areas of untracked wilderness towering mountain range and the splintered loyalties of many races would have proved difficult for the ablest of generals with strong armies at his
Video examples
Amazing Fish Form Giant...
the young yellowfin tuna move in the speed of this attack is so great that gradually groups of an schibetta are splintered from the main fish ball
Video examples
The Blue Planet...
the young yellowfin tuna move in the speed of this attack is so great that gradually groups of anchovetta are splintered from the main fishball
Video examples
What It's Like To Be a...
Our organization is one of several around the world that helps people so they can begin to feel safe again. When feeling safe is splintered
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Quote examples
August Wilson
American Playwright
Between speeches and awards, you can find something to do every other week. It's hard to write. Your focus gets splintered. Once you put one thing in your calendar, that month is gone.
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Brooke Hayward
American Actress
I have a series of splintered relationships. Why should I get married again? It's a miserable compromise at best. But I believe in marriage and still have fantasies about it.
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Siobhan Davies
English Dancer
Then I came in twice a week - for my own enjoyment as well as to be a guide. And then we started to apply some of the splinters of the ideas back into the piece.
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Bonobo
British Musician
I often have an idea and it starts splintering off into a whole lot of directions; I'm interested in exploring every single one of them.
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Terence Trent D'Arby
American Musician
Everyone has a cross to bear. Sometimes I have to take the splinters out of my shoulders.
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Bum Phillips
American Coach
You don't know a ladder has splinters until you slide down it.
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Frank Perdue
American Businessman
Baseball was a dream I gathered more splinters than hits.
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Theodor W. Adorno
German Philosopher
The splinter in your eye is the best magnifying-glass.
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Morgan Saylor
American Actress
I don't like shoes. I get a lot of splinters, though.
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Viv Albertine
British Musician
Truth is splintered.
Quote examples
August Wilson
American Playwright
Between speeches and awards, you can find something to do every other week. It's hard to write. Your focus gets splintered. Once you put one thing in your calendar, that month is gone.
Quote examples
Brooke Hayward
American Actress
I have a series of splintered relationships. Why should I get married again? It's a miserable compromise at best. But I believe in marriage and still have fantasies about it.
Quote examples
Siobhan Davies
English Dancer
Then I came in twice a week - for my own enjoyment as well as to be a guide. And then we started to apply some of the splinters of the ideas back into the piece.
Quote examples
Bonobo
British Musician
I often have an idea and it starts splintering off into a whole lot of directions; I'm interested in exploring every single one of them.
Quote examples
Terence Trent D'Arby
American Musician
Everyone has a cross to bear. Sometimes I have to take the splinters out of my shoulders.
Quote examples
Bum Phillips
American Coach
You don't know a ladder has splinters until you slide down it.
Quote examples
Frank Perdue
American Businessman
Baseball was a dream I gathered more splinters than hits.
Quote examples
Theodor W. Adorno
German Philosopher
The splinter in your eye is the best magnifying-glass.
Quote examples
Morgan Saylor
American Actress
I don't like shoes. I get a lot of splinters, though.
Quote examples
Viv Albertine
British Musician
Truth is splintered.
Example 1 of 10
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