Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun sliver

2 senses of sliver

Sense 1
splinter, sliver -- (a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal; "he got a splinter in his finger"; "it broke into slivers")
       => bit, chip, flake, fleck, scrap -- (a small fragment of something broken off from the whole; "a bit of rock caught him in the eye")

Sense 2
paring, sliver, shaving -- (a thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something)
       => fragment -- (a piece broken off or cut off of something else; "a fragment of rock")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb sliver

3 senses of sliver

Sense 1
sliver, splinter -- (divide into slivers or splinters)
       => divide, split, split up, separate, dissever, carve up -- (separate into parts or portions; "divide the cake into three equal parts"; "The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I")

Sense 2
splinter, sliver -- (break up into splinters or slivers; "The wood splintered")
       => break up, fragment, fragmentize, fragmentise -- (break or cause to break into pieces; "The plate fragmented")

Sense 3
sliver -- (form into slivers; "sliver wood")
       => shape, form -- (give shape or form to; "shape the dough"; "form the young child's character")