sliver

(Inglês)

Noun

1. A long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment.
2. (Canada, Essex, Kent) A long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment.
3. A strand, or slender roll, of cotton or other fiber in a loose, untwisted state, produced by a carding machine and ready for the roving or slubbing which precedes spinning.
4. Bait made of pieces of small fish.
5. (New-York, US) A narrow high-rise apartment building.
6. A small amount of something; a drop in the bucket; a shred.

Verb

To cut or divide into long, thin pieces, or into very small pieces; to cut or rend lengthwise; to slit.

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈslɪv.ə(ɹ)/

Etimologia (Inglês)

Herdado de inglês médio: sliver

In summary

From Middle English slivere, sliver from Middle English sliven (“to cut, cleave, split”), from Old English slīfan (as in tōslīfan (“to split, split up”)).

Conceitos

lasca

farpa

estilhaço

pedaço

rachar

lascar

prédio

casa

🏠

edifícios

edifício

Sinônimos

splinter

fragment

chip

shard

slice

shatter

slit

smash

scrap

shred

paring

shaving

dwelling

edifice

fabric

fillet

fin

fist

✊

flinders

fritter

home

🏠

house

🏠

hut

🛖

hutch

lath

louver

louvre

pale

parcel out

picket

place

rend

rive

screed

shack

shanty

sherd

shiver

skive

slash

slat

slip

slot

splint

splintery

split

split off

squat

stave

strip

Traduções

écharde

éclat

Splitter

scheggia

astilla

scheggiare

splinter

kıymık

rancajo

estellar

estella

scherf

frammento

abspalten

asclar