sliver

n 1: a thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been

shaved from something [syn: {paring}, {shaving}]

2: a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal; "he got a

splinter in his finger"; "it flew into flinders" [syn: {splinter},

{flinders}]

v 1: divide into slivers or splinters [syn: {splinter}]

2: break up into splinters or slivers; "The wood splintered"

[syn: {splinter}]

3: form into slivers, as of wool