splinter

n.

1. A sharp, slender piece, as of wood, bone, glass, or metal, split or broken off from a main body.
2. A splinter group.

v., -tered, -ter·ing, -ters.

v.intr.
To split or break into sharp, slender pieces; form splinters. See synonyms at break.

v.tr.
To cause to splinter.

[Middle English, from Middle Dutch.]

splintery splin'ter·y adj.

verb

1. To crack or split into two or more fragments by means of or as a result of force, a blow, or strain: break, fracture, rift, rive, shatter, shiver², smash, sunder. See help/harm/harmless.
2. To break away or withdraw from membership in an association or a federation. secede. Informal split. See participate/abstain, politics.

v

Definition: break into thin, small pieces
Antonyms: combine, fix, mend

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IN BRIEF: To break into thin, sharp pieces. Also: A thin, sharp piece of wood or bone.

The splinter worked its way further into my thumb and was very painful.

If we get a splinter in a dream, it can represent something that has caused us minor pain or irritation. Splinter is also a slang term relating to male sexuality. Additionally, splinter can embody the sense of separating, as in the expression "splinter group."

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - flis, splint, spån
v. intr. - splintres
v. tr. - kløve, splintre

idioms:

• splinter group    udbrydergruppe
• splinter party    splittelsesparti

Nederlands (Dutch)
(ver)splinteren, splinter

Français (French)
n. - éclat, écharde, esquille
v. intr. - se briser, voler en éclats, se fendre, (fig) se scinder, se fragmenter
v. tr. - faire voler (qch) en éclats, fendre (du bois), (fig) scinder (un parti)

idioms:

• splinter group    groupe dissident
• splinter party    groupe/parti dissident

Deutsch (German)
n. - Splitter
v. - splittern, zersplittern

idioms:

• splinter group    Splitterpartei
• splinter party    Splitterpartei

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - σκλήθρα, σχίζα, θραύσμα γυαλιού, πελεκούδι
v. - θραύω/-ομαι, θρυμματίζω/-ομαι, αποσχίζομαι, σχίζομαι

idioms:

• splinter group    (πολιτική) ομάδα αποστατών/διασπαστών, φράξια
• splinter party    κόμμα αποσχισθέντων

Italiano (Italian)
frantumarsi, frantumare, scheggia

idioms:

• splinter group/party    fazione

Português (Portuguese)
n. - lasca (f), farpa (f)
v. - quebrar, separar-se

idioms:

• splinter group/party    grupo/partido dissidente

Русский (Russian)
осколок, обломок, щепка, планка, лучина, заноза, небольшой кусочек, отколовшаяся группа, расщеплять, раскалывать, пробиваться, проникать, дробясь на части, отделяться, разделяться

idioms:

• splinter group/party    отколовшаяся группа, группа, вышедшая из организации

Español (Spanish)
n. - astilla, fragmento, pedazo
v. intr. - astillarse, rajarse
v. tr. - astillar, rajar, hender

idioms:

• splinter group    grupo disidente
• splinter party    grupo disidente

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - flisa, skärva, splitter, sticka
v. - splittra

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
碎片, 刺, 尖片, 裂成碎片, 分裂, 使裂成碎片, 使分裂

idioms:

• splinter group    分裂出来的小派别
• splinter party    分裂出来的小派别

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 碎片, 刺, 尖片
v. intr. - 裂成碎片, 分裂
v. tr. - 使裂成碎片, 使分裂

idioms:

• splinter group    分裂出來的小派別
• splinter party    分裂出來的小派別

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 부서진 조각, (나무, 따위의) 가시, 부목
v. intr. - 세분되어 ~이 되다, 산산조각이 되다
v. tr. - 쪼개다, 산산조각을 내다, (의견 따위가) 분열시키다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 裂片, とげ, 破片, 分派
v. - 裂く, こっぱみじんにする, 粉々になる
adj. - 分離した, 分派の

idioms:

• splinter group/party    分裂派

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) شظيه رفيعه, فتات الزجاج (فعل) فتت, مزق, جزأ‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮קיסם, שבב, רסיס‬
v. intr. - ‮נשבר לשבבים, התפלג, התפצל‬
v. tr. - ‮שבר לרסיסים‬

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