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To cut something, especially into separate pieces or fragments
“Running the sharp knife across the pepper, she managed to splinter it into perfectly thin slices.”
To break or cause to break into small sharp fragments
“The ruler cracked and splintered into pieces.”
To crush or reduce to fine particles
To split, or cause to split, from a group that one is associated with
To knock or cut pieces off (a hard material)
To break something by forcing it inwards or piercing it roughly
To leave or separate from a group that one is associated with
Plural for a small, thin, sharp piece of wood, glass, or similar material broken off from a larger piece
“Sivar turned away and chipped at a splinter of wood that poked from the window ledge.”
Plural for a break or rupture in a hard object, material, or bone structure
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