Splinter - Definition

n 1: a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal; "he got a
splinter in his finger"; "it broke into slivers" [syn:
splinter, sliver]
v 1: withdraw from an organization or communion; "After the
break up of the Soviet Union, many republics broke away"
[syn: secede, splinter, break away]
2: divide into slivers or splinters [syn: sliver, splinter]
3: break up into splinters or slivers; "The wood splintered"
[syn: splinter, sliver]