Overview of noun sliver

The noun sliver has 2 senses

• splinter, sliver -- (a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal; "he got a splinter in his finger"; "it broke into slivers")


• paring, sliver, shaving -- (a thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something)

Overview of verb sliver

The verb sliver has 3 senses

• sliver, splinter -- (divide into slivers or splinters)


• splinter, sliver -- (break up into splinters or slivers; "The wood splintered")


• sliver -- (form into slivers; "sliver wood")