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Dictionary: sliv·er   (slĭv'ər) pronunciation
n.
  1. A slender piece cut, split, or broken off; a splinter: slivers of broken glass.
  2. A small narrow piece, portion, or plot: a sliver of land.
  3. (also slī'vər) A continuous strand of loose wool, flax, or cotton, ready for drawing and twisting.
tr. & intr.v., -ered, -er·ing, -ers.
To split or become split into slivers.

[Middle English slivere, from sliven, to split, from Old English slīfan.]


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n. A long, thin piece of food such as meat or cheese, or a thin wedge of pie. sliver v. To cut food into thin strips.

In wool processing a continuous band of carded and combed wool which has not yet been twisted into yarn.

Wikipedia: Sliver
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Gold (1991) is a novel by U.S. author Ira Levin about the mysterious people in a privately owned New York highrise apartment building, especially after a new tenant—an attractive young working woman in publishing—has moved in. Phillip Noyce directed a film, Sliver, based on the book, which was released in 1993.

Plot summary

When she makes the acquaintance of a handsome and friendly young man who lives in the same "sliver" building she does not know at first that he is the owner. While keeping a low profile himself, he turns out to know an awful lot about the other inhabitants including many of their secrets. It then turns out that he is a modern-day Peeping Tom who, unknown to everyone, has had surveillance cameras and microphones installed in every single apartment of the house, with his own place in the building serving as his headquarters. The novel is also a murder mystery, and the beautiful heroine soon becomes a damsel in distress herself.


Translations: Sliver
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - splint, strimmel, tynd skive, spån, væge, lunte
v. tr. - skære i strimler
v. intr. - blive skåret i strimler

Nederlands (Dutch)
splinter, schilfer

Français (French)
n. - éclat, reste, mince tranche
v. tr. - couper en tranches minces
v. intr. - couper en tranches minces

Deutsch (German)
n. - Splitter, Span
v. - splittern, spalten

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - πελεκούδι, σκλήθρα, σχίζα, αγκίδα, φέτα, θρύμμα, θρύψαλο, θραύσμα (βόμβας κ.λπ.)
v. - σχίζω/-ομαι, καταθρυμματίζομαι, κομματιάζω/-ομαι

Italiano (Italian)
scheggia

Português (Portuguese)
n. - fibra solta (m), lasca de madeira (m), pavio (m)
v. - rachar, lascar

Русский (Russian)
щепка, осколок, обрывок, расщеплять, разрывать, разрезать, откалывать

Español (Spanish)
n. - astilla
v. tr. - rajar, partir, astillar, cortar en tiras o en rodajas
v. intr. - romperse, astillarse

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - spjäla, spån, flisa, sticka, tunn skiva, strimla
v. - klyva, spjälka, skära i remsor

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
裂片, 梳毛, 薄片, 使成薄片, 使裂成小片, 成为薄片, 裂成小片

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 裂片, 梳毛, 薄片
v. tr. - 使成薄片, 使裂成小片
v. intr. - 成為薄片, 裂成小片

한국어 (Korean)
n. - (목재 따위의) 쪼개진 조각, (양털의) 슬라이버, 아주 조금
v. tr. - 가늘게 쪼개다, 베어 찢다
v. intr. - 세로로 가늘게 베다, 베어 찢다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 細長い裂片, 小魚の片身, スライバー
v. - 縦に長く切る, 片身を切り取る, 裂ける

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) خصله أو شله صوف أو قطن, شظيه (فعل) يشظي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮פרוסה, חתיכה, קיסם, רסיס‬
v. tr. - ‮פרס, ניפץ, שיבב‬
v. intr. - ‮נשבר‬


 
 
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