shard
To fall apart into shards, usually as the result of impact or explosionTo fall apart into shards, usually as the result of impact or explosion.
» David picked up the shards of glass.
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3 senses(intransitive)To fall apart into shards, usually as the result of impact or explosion.
разбива́тьсяrazbivátʹsja, разби́тьсяrazbítʹsja
(transitive)To break (something) into shards.
разбива́тьrazbivátʹ, разби́тьrazbítʹ
(Internet, transitive)To divide (an MMORPG) into several shards, or to establish a shard of one.
Examples
19 sentencesDavid picked up the shards of glass.
Tom cut himself on a shard of glass.
ruТом порезался осколком стекла. — fjay69
The shards of thought were scattered on the ground.
Don't walk on the shards of the broken bottle.
She cut her finger on a shard of glass.
ruОна порезала палец об осколок стекла. — Wezel
Translations
4 languagesBy meaning 2
Origin
From Middle English shard, scherd, scheard, schord, from Old English sċeard (“a broken pieFrom Middle English shard, scherd, scheard, schord, from Old English sċeard (“a broken piece; shard”), from Proto-West Germanic *skard, from Proto-Germanic *skardą (“notch; nick”), from *skardaz (“damaged; nicked; scarred”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut”). Akin to Scots schaird (“shard”), French écharde (“splinter”), Dutch schaarde (“tear; notch; fragment”), German Scharte (“notch”), Old Norse skarð (“notch, hack”) ( > Danish skår).
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Forms
shards, sharding, sharded, shardedWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle