English to English
noun
- a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal
He got a splinter in his finger.
It broke into slivers.
source: WordNet 3.0
- A thin piece split or rent off lengthwise, as from wood, bone, or other solid substance; a thin piece; a sliver; as, splinters of a ship's mast rent off by a shot.
source: Webster 1913
verb
- withdraw from an organization or communion
After the break up of the Soviet Union, many republics broke away.
source: WordNet 3.0
- divide into slivers or splinters
source: WordNet 3.0
- break up into splinters or slivers
The wood splintered.
source: WordNet 3.0
- To split or rend into long, thin pieces; to shiver; as, the lightning splinters a tree.
source: Webster 1913
- To become split into long pieces.
source: Webster 1913
English to Tagalog
noun
- [splínter] Patpat; tatal
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
verb
- [splínter] Sumipak; sipakín; lumahang
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
