splinter
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal
he got a splinter in his finger
Types & categories
- chip hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
withdraw from an organization or communion
After the break up of the Soviet Union, many republics broke away
Types & categories
- part hypernym
Related & opposite
- secession derivation
- breaking away derivation
Sense 3 verb
divide into slivers or splinters
Types & categories
- split hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
break up into splinters or slivers
The wood splintered
Types & categories
- fragment hypernym
Related & opposite
- sliver derivation
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | sliver |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | sliver |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | sliver |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | splintery |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | slivery |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | chip |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | secession |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | breaking away |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | part |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | chipping |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | paring |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | sliver |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | split |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | sliver |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | fragment |