sliver
To cut or divide into long, thin pieces, or into very small piecesTo cut or divide into long, thin pieces, or into very small pieces; to cut or rend lengthwise; to slit.
» Our evidence is no more than a tiny sliver of solid knowledge amidst the vast bog of doubts and speculations.
Наші факти - не більше ніж крихітна скалка міцного знання у розлогому багні сумлівів та спекуляцій.
Meaning
1 sensesTo cut or divide into long, thin pieces, or into very small pieces; to cut or rend lengthwise; to slit.
to sliver wood
divide into slivers or splinters
Examples
8 sentencesOur evidence is no more than a tiny sliver of solid knowledge amidst the vast bog of doubts and speculations.
Наші факти - не більше ніж крихітна скалка міцного знання у розлогому багні сумлівів та спекуляцій. — shanghainese
I'd only like a sliver, please.
I'll take a sliver of the cake.
I ate three slivers of the pie.
Tom has yogurt topped with slivered almonds for breakfast.
deTom isst zum Frühstück Joghurt mit gestifteten Mandeln. — raggione
Origin
From Middle English slivere, sliver from Middle English sliven (“to cut, cleave, split”),From Middle English slivere, sliver from Middle English sliven (“to cut, cleave, split”), from Old English slīfan (as in tōslīfan (“to split, split up”)).
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Forms
slivers, slivering, slivered, sliveredSynonyms
1 synonymsWord 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