Definition: a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal
Usage: he got a splinter in his finger; it broke into slivers
Similar words: bit, flake, fleck, chip, scrap
Definition: a small fragment of something broken off from the whole
Usage: a bit of rock caught him in the eye
Definition: break up into splinters or slivers
Usage: The wood splintered
Similar words: fragment, fragmentise, fragmentize, break up
Definition: break or cause to break into pieces
Usage: The plate fragmented
Definition: divide into slivers or splinters
Similar words: dissever, divide, separate, split, split up, carve up
Definition: separate into parts or portions
Usage: divide the cake into three equal parts; The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I
Synonyms: break away, secede, splinter
Definition: withdraw from an organization or communion
Usage: After the break up of the Soviet Union, many republics broke away
Similar words: part, separate, split, split up, break, break up
Definition: discontinue an association or relation; go different ways
Usage: The business partners broke over a tax question; The couple separated after 25 years of marriage; My friend and I split up