All splinter synonyms
splinΒ·ter
S s verb splinter
- bust up β a failure.
- burst β If something bursts or if you burst it, it suddenly breaks open or splits open and the air or other substance inside it comes out.
- break β When an object breaks or when you break it, it suddenly separates into two or more pieces, often because it has been hit or dropped.
- 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.
- fade away β to lose brightness or vividness of color.
- fragmentize β to break (something) into fragments; break (something) apart.
- hackling β Present participle of hackle.
- dichotomized β Simple past tense and past participle of dichotomize Having been divided into dichotomous parts.
- bludgeoned β a short, heavy club with one end weighted, or thicker and heavier than the other.
- branching β the occurrence of several decay paths (branches) in the disintegration of a particular nuclide or the de-excitation of an excited atom. The branching fraction (nuclear) or branching ratio (atomic) is the proportion of the disintegrating nuclei that follow a particular branch to the total number of disintegrating nuclides
- cudgelling β a short, thick stick used as a weapon; club.
- dilapidate β to cause or allow (a building, automobile, etc.) to fall into a state of disrepair, as by misuse or neglect (often used passively): The house had been dilapidated by neglect.
- fragment β fragmentation
- hacked β to place (something) on a hack, as for drying or feeding.
- flour β the finely ground meal of grain, especially the finer meal separated by bolting.
- break down β If a machine or a vehicle breaks down, it stops working.
- comminute β to break (a bone) into several small fragments
- break off β If part of something breaks off or if you break it off, it comes off or is removed by force.
- whacking β large.
- disintegrate β to separate into parts or lose intactness or solidness; break up; deteriorate: The old book is gradually disintegrating with age.
- dash β If you dash somewhere, you run or go there quickly and suddenly.
- fracturing β Present participle of fracture.
- bludgeoning β a short, heavy club with one end weighted, or thicker and heavier than the other.
- give way β manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at a matter; to reply in a polite way.
- comminuted β pulverized; ground
- crack off β to break without complete separation of parts; become fissured: The plate cracked when I dropped it, but it was still usable.
- cudgeled β a short, thick stick used as a weapon; club.
- chip β Chips are long, thin pieces of potato fried in oil or fat and eaten hot, usually with a meal.
- collide β If two or more moving people or objects collide, they crash into one another. If a moving person or object collides with a person or object that is not moving, they crash into them.
- dichotomize β to divide or become divided into two parts or classifications
- levigate β to rub, grind, or reduce to a fine powder, as in a mortar, with or without the addition of a liquid.
- hacking β a rack for drying food, as fish.
- crash β A crash is an accident in which a moving vehicle hits something and is damaged or destroyed.
- cudgeling β a short, thick stick used as a weapon; club.
- crack β If something hard cracks, or if you crack it, it becomes slightly damaged, with lines appearing on its surface.
- barged β a capacious, flat-bottomed vessel, usually intended to be pushed or towed, for transporting freight or passengers; lighter.
- floured β Simple past tense and past participle of flour.
- whacked β exhausted; tired out.
- fractured β the breaking of a bone, cartilage, or the like, or the resulting condition. Compare comminuted fracture, complete fracture, compound fracture, greenstick fracture, simple fracture.
- make mincemeat of β a mixture composed of minced apples, suet, and sometimes meat, together with raisins, currants, candied citron, etc., for filling a pie.
noun splinter
- 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.;
- fragmentation β the act or process of fragmenting; state of being fragmented.
- mutilation β to injure, disfigure, or make imperfect by removing or irreparably damaging parts: Vandals mutilated the painting.
- modules β Plural form of module.
- filing β A small particle rubbed off by a file when smoothing or shaping something.
- fracture β the breaking of a bone, cartilage, or the like, or the resulting condition. Compare comminuted fracture, complete fracture, compound fracture, greenstick fracture, simple fracture.
- meed β a reward or recompense.
- bit β A bit of something is a small part or section of it.