splinter

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal

   They got a splinter in their finger.

2. 2
   verb

   break up into splinters or slivers

   The wood splintered

3. 3
   verb

   To come apart into long sharp fragments.

   The tall tree splintered during the storm.

4. 4
   verb

   To cause to break apart into long sharp fragments.

   His third kick splintered the door.

5. 5
   verb

   To break, or cause to break, into factions.

   The government splintered when the coalition members could not agree.

6. 6
   verb

   To fasten or confine with splinters, or splints, as a broken limb.

   it will be very hard for Me to Splinter up the broken confuséd Pieces of it.

7. 7
   verb

   divide into slivers or splinters

8. 8
   verb

   withdraw from an organization or communion

Etymology

From Middle English splenter, splinter, from Middle Dutch splinter, equivalent to splint + -er.