Dictionary definition · splinter
noun
- a small thin sharp bit of wood or glass or metal"he got a splinter in his finger"
verb
- withdraw from an organization or communion"After the break up of the Soviet Union, many republics broke away"
- divide into slivers or splinters
- break up into splinters or slivers"The wood splintered"
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Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).