splinter

splinter
I ['splɪntə(r)]
nome (of glass, wood) scheggia f.; (of metal) frammento m.; (of bone) scheggia f., frammento m.

to get a splinter in one's finger — infilarsi una scheggia nel dito

II 1. ['splɪntə(r)]
verbo transitivo scheggiare, frantumare [glass, windscreen]; scheggiare [wood]; fig. spaccare, dividere [party, group]
2.
verbo intransitivo [glass, windscreen] scheggiarsi, frantumarsi; [wood] scheggiarsi; fig. [party, alliance] spaccarsi, dividersi
* * *
noun (a small sharp broken piece of wood etc: The rough plank gave her a splinter in her finger.) scheggia, frammento
* * *
splinter /ˈsplɪntə(r)/
n.
1 scheggia; frammento (di legno, pietra, metallo, osso, ecc.)
2 = splinter group ► sotto
● (di carrozza, calesse) splinter-bar, bilancino □ (polit.) splinter group (o splinter party), ala scissionista, corrente, fazione (di un partito) □ splinter-proof, (di rifugio antiaereo, ecc.) a prova di schegge; (di vetro) infrangibile.
(to) splinter /ˈsplɪntə(r)/
A v. t.
scheggiare; frantumare; fare a pezzi
B v. i.
scheggiarsi; frantumarsi; andare in pezzi.
* * *
I ['splɪntə(r)]
nome (of glass, wood) scheggia f.; (of metal) frammento m.; (of bone) scheggia f., frammento m.

to get a splinter in one's finger — infilarsi una scheggia nel dito

II 1. ['splɪntə(r)]
verbo transitivo scheggiare, frantumare [glass, windscreen]; scheggiare [wood]; fig. spaccare, dividere [party, group]
2.
verbo intransitivo [glass, windscreen] scheggiarsi, frantumarsi; [wood] scheggiarsi; fig. [party, alliance] spaccarsi, dividersi

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  • splinter — late 14c., from M.Du. splinter, splenter a splinter, related to splinte (see SPLINT (Cf. splint)). The verb is from 1580s; figurative sense from c.1600. Related: Splintered; splintering. The adjective (as in splinter party) is first recorded 1935 …   Etymology dictionary

  • Splinter — Splin ter, n. [See {Splinter}, v., or {Splint}, n.] A thin piece split or rent off lengthwise, as from wood, bone, or other solid substance; a thin piece; a sliver; as, splinters of a ship s mast rent off by a shot. [1913 Webster] {Splinter bar} …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • splinter — [splin′tər] vt., vi. [ME < MDu, akin to splinte,SPLINT] 1. to break or split into thin, sharp pieces 2. to break into small parts or into groups with divergent views; fragment n. 1. a thin, sharp piece of wood, bone, etc., made by splitting or …   English World dictionary

  • Splinter — Splin ter, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Splintered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Splintering}.] [Cf. LG. splittern, splinteren. See {Splint}, n., {Split}.] 1. To split or rend into long, thin pieces; to shiver; as, the lightning splinters a tree. [1913 Webster]… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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