splint
— Verb
– English
~ support with a splint; "splint a broken finger"
splinter
— Noun
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~ a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal; "he got a splinter in his finger"; "it broke into slivers"
splinter group
— Noun
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~ a faction or sect that has broken away from its parent organization
splinter
— Verb
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~ divide into slivers or splinters
splinter
— Verb
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~ withdraw from an organization or communion; "After the break up of the Soviet Union, many republics broke away"
splinter
— Verb
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~ break up into splinters or slivers; "The wood splintered"
splintering
— Noun
– English
~ the act of chipping something
splinterless
— Adjective
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~ resistant to shattering or splintering; "shatterproof automobile windows"
splinterproof
— Adjective
– English
~ resistant to shattering or splintering; "shatterproof automobile windows"
splinters
— Noun
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~ wood in small pieces or splinters; "the vessel was beaten to matchwood on the rocks"
splintery
— Adjective
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~ resembling or consisting of or embedded with long slender fragments of (especially) wood having sharp points; "a rough splintery floor of old pine boards"
splintery
— Adjective
– English
~ subject to breaking into sharp slender pieces
shin splints
— Noun
– English
~ painful inflammation of the muscles around the shins; frequent among runners
split
— Noun
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~ a lengthwise crack in wood; "he inserted the wedge into a split in the log"
split personality
— Noun
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~ a relatively rare dissociative disorder in which the usual integrity of the personality breaks down and two or more independent personalities emerge
split-pea
— Noun
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~ dried hulled pea; used in soup
split shift
— Noun
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~ a working shift divided into two periods of time with several hours in between
split run
— Noun
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~ a print run of a newspaper during which some articles or advertisements are changed to produce a different edition
split
— Noun
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~ a bottle containing half the usual amount
split
— Noun
– English
~ a dessert of sliced fruit and ice cream covered with whipped cream and cherries and nuts