Sliver

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈslɪv.əː/
• US IPA: /ˈslɪ.vÉš/
• Rhymes: -ɪvÉ™(r)

Origin

Middle English slivere, sliver from Middle English sliven ("to cut, cleave, split"), from Old English -slīfan (as in tōslīfan ("to split, split up")).

Full definition of sliver

Noun

1. A long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment; a splinter.
• 2013, J. M. Coetzee, . Melbourne, Australia: The Text Publishing Company. chapter 27. p. 270.A sliver of bone has punctured a lung, and a small surgical operation was needed to remove it (would he like to keep the bone as a memento?--it is in a phial by his bedside).
2. A strand, or slender roll, of cotton or other fiber in a loose, untwisted state, produced by a carding machine and ready for the roving or slubbing which precedes spinning.
3. Bait made of pieces of small fish. Compare kibblings.
4. (US, New York) A narrow high-rise apartment building.

Synonyms

• (long piece cut or rent off) shard, slice, splinter

Verb

1. (transitive) To cut or divide into long, thin pieces, or into very small pieces; to cut or rend lengthwise; to slit.to sliver wood
• Sir Walter ScottThey'll sliver thee like a turnip.

Anagrams

• livers
• silver, Silver