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.
a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal; "he got a splinter in his finger"; "it flew into flinders"
withdraw from an organization or communion; "After the break up of the Soviet Union, many republics broke away"
divide into slivers or splinters
break up into splinters or slivers; "The wood splintered"
a sh a rp, slender piece of wood, bone, gl a ss, or met a l th a t h a s split or broken
a sharp, slender piece of wood, bone, glass, or metal that has split or broken off under the skin from a main piece of material
a thin piece of m a teri a l (like wood, gl a ss, or met a l) th a t gets embedded just below the top l a yer of your skin
a thin piece of material (like wood, glass, or metal) that gets embedded just below the top layer of your skin
a very small piece that breaks off or splits away from a piece of wood
a small, sharp piece of wood, glass, or other debris that is lodged underneath the skin.