Meaning

4 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)A (pine) needle.

    Nadel, Kiefernnadel

  2. (countable, uncountable)A scattering, a smattering; a quantity of something scattered, like a sprinkling of seeds or a shower of rain.

  3. (slang, uncountable)A form of concentrated cannabis.

  4. (archaic, countable)A fragment of anything shattered.

    to break a glass into shatters

    Splitter, Stückchen

Examples

132 sentences
  1. The priceless china shattered into fragments.

    ruБесценный фарфор разлетелся на куски.

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  2. The vase fell to the floor and shattered.

    ruВаза упала на пол и разбилась.

    deDie Vase fiel auf den Boden und zerbrach.

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  3. The cup shattered when it hit the floor.

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  4. Tom dropped a cup on the floor and it shattered into a thousand pieces.

    ruТом уронил на пол чашку, и она разбилась на тысячу осколков.

    deTom ließ eine Tasse auf den Fußboden fallen, und sie zersprang in tausend Stücke.

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  5. The mirror was shattered.

    ruЗеркало было разбито.

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Translations

2 languages
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By meaning 2
a fragment of anything shattered:
a (pine) needle:

Origin

From Middle English schateren (“to scatter, dash”), an assibilated form of Middle English

From Middle English schateren (“to scatter, dash”), an assibilated form of Middle English scateren ("to scatter"; see scatter), from Old English scaterian, from Proto-Germanic *skat- (“to smash, scatter”), perhaps ultimately imitative.

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