All sliver synonyms
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S s noun sliver
- minim β the smallest unit of liquid measure, 1/60 (0.0167) of a fluid dram, roughly equivalent to one drop. Symbol: β, β. Abbreviation: min, min.;
- wedge β a piece of hard material with two principal faces meeting in a sharply acute angle, for raising, holding, or splitting objects by applying a pounding or driving force, as from a hammer. Compare machine (def 3b).
- cantlet β a piece, fragment, or cantle
- castoff β thrown away; discarded; abandoned
- fragment β fragmentation
- castoffs β Plural form of castoff.
- modules β Plural form of module.
- flake β fake2 (defs 2, 3).
- crumb β Crumbs are tiny pieces that fall from bread, biscuits, or cake when you cut it or eat it.
- lamella β a thin plate, scale, membrane, or layer, as of bone, tissue, or cell walls.
- lamellae β a thin plate, scale, membrane, or layer, as of bone, tissue, or cell walls.
- bit β A bit of something is a small part or section of it.
- gobbet β a fragment or piece, especially of raw flesh.
- meed β a reward or recompense.
- module β a separable component, frequently one that is interchangeable with others, for assembly into units of differing size, complexity, or function.
- ort β Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
verb sliver
- hackle β one of the long, slender feathers on the neck or saddle of certain birds, as the domestic rooster, much used in making artificial flies for anglers.
- facetted β one of the small, polished plane surfaces of a cut gem.
- rabbet β a deep notch formed in or near one edge of a board, framing timber, etc., so that something else can be fitted into it or so that a door or the like can be closed against it.
- chining β the backbone or spine, especially of an animal.
- hackles β one of the long, slender feathers on the neck or saddle of certain birds, as the domestic rooster, much used in making artificial flies for anglers.
- hackling β Present participle of hackle.
- hacked β to place (something) on a hack, as for drying or feeding.
- delaminate β to divide or cause to divide into thin layers
- mow down β to cut down (grass, grain, etc.) with a scythe or a machine.
- whacking β large.
- blistered β a thin vesicle on the skin, containing watery matter or serum, as from a burn or other injury.
- crack off β to break without complete separation of parts; become fissured: The plate cracked when I dropped it, but it was still usable.
- cut β If you cut something, you use a knife or a similar tool to divide it into pieces, or to mark it or damage it. If you cut a shape or a hole in something, you make the shape or hole by using a knife or similar tool.
- hashed β Simple past tense and past participle of hash.
- chip β Chips are long, thin pieces of potato fried in oil or fat and eaten hot, usually with a meal.
- hashing β hash coding
- hacking β a rack for drying food, as fish.
- faceted β one of the small, polished plane surfaces of a cut gem.
- dicing β gambling or playing with dice.
- flitch β the side of a hog (or, formerly, some other animal) salted and cured: a flitch of bacon.
- lay open β to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
- faceting β one of the small, polished plane surfaces of a cut gem.
- desquamate β (esp of the skin in certain diseases) to peel or come off in scales
- whacked β exhausted; tired out.
- chine β the backbone