Word Meanings - SPLINTER - Book Publishers vocabulary database
1. To split or rend into long, thin pieces; to shiver; as, the lightning splinters a tree. After splintering their lances, they wheeled about, and . . . abandoned the field to the enemy. Prescott. 2. To fasten or confine with splinters, or splints,
Additional info about word: SPLINTER
1. To split or rend into long, thin pieces; to shiver; as, the lightning splinters a tree. After splintering their lances, they wheeled about, and . . . abandoned the field to the enemy. Prescott. 2. To fasten or confine with splinters, or splints, as a broken limb. Bp. Wren.
Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of SPLINTER)
- Crack \t Split
- break
- splinter
- chip
- snap
- Split
- Divide
- separate
- rive
- cleave
- crack
- burst
- rend
- sunder
- disagree
- secede
- disunite
Possible antonyms: (opposite words of SPLINTER)
Related words: (words related to SPLINTER)
- BREAKMAN
See BRAKEMAN - SPLIT INFINITIVE
A simple infinitive with to, having a modifier between the verb and the to; as in, to largely decrease. Called also cleft infinitive. - DISAGREEABLENESS
The state or quality of being; disagreeable; unpleasantness. - BURSTEN
p. p. of Burst, v. i. - CRACKAJACK
1. An individual of marked ability or excellence, esp. in some sport; as, he is a crackajack at tennis. 2. A preparation of popped corn, candied and pressed into small cakes. - BURST
berstan (pers. sing. berste, imp. sing. bærst, imp. pl. burston, p.p. borsten); akin to D. bersten, G. bersten, OHG. brestan, OS. brestan, 1. To fly apart or in pieces; of break open; to yield to force or pressure, especially to a sudden - DIVIDER
An instrument for dividing lines, describing circles, etc., compasses. See Compasses. Note: The word dividers is usually applied to the instrument as made for the use of draughtsmen, etc.; compasses to the coarser instrument used by carpenters. - BREAKABLE
Capable of being broken. - DIVIDEND
A number or quantity which is to be divided. (more info) 1. A sum of money to be divided and distributed; the share of a sum divided that falls to each individual; a distribute sum, share, or percentage; -- applied to the profits as appropriated - SPLITFEET
The Fissipedia. - CLEAVER
One who cleaves, or that which cleaves; especially, a butcher's instrument for cutting animal bodies into joints or pieces. - CRACK-BRAINED
Having an impaired intellect; whimsical; crazy. Pope. - DISAGREER
One who disagrees. Hammond. - STANDARD
The proportion of weights of fine metal and alloy established by authority. By the present standard of the coinage, sixty-two shillings is coined out of one pound weight of silver. Arbuthnot. (more info) extendere to spread out, extend, - STANDPOINT
A fixed point or station; a basis or fundamental principle; a position from which objects or principles are viewed, and according to which they are compared and judged. - SPLIT SWITCH
= Point switch. - STANDPIPE
A vertical pipe, open at the top, between a hydrant and a reservoir, to equalize the flow of water; also, a large vertical pipe, near a pumping engine, into which water is forced up, so as to give it sufficient head to rise to the required level - CRACKER STATE
Georgia; -- a nickname. See Cracker, n. 5. - CRACKLE
To make slight cracks; to make small, sharp, sudden noises, rapidly or frequently repeated; to crepitate; as, burning thorns crackle. The unknown ice that crackles underneath them. Dryden. - CRACKLED
Covered with minute cracks in the glaze; -- said of some kinds of porcelain and fine earthenware. - MAKE AND BREAK
Any apparatus for making and breaking an electric circuit; a circuit breaker. - LAWBREAKER
One who disobeys the law; a criminal. -- Law"break`ing, n. & a. - INSEPARATE
Not separate; together; united. Shak. - BYSTANDER
One who stands near; a spectator; one who has no concern with the business transacting. He addressed the bystanders and scattered pamphlets among them. Palfrey. Syn. -- Looker on; spectator; beholder; observer. - SUNBURST
A burst of sunlight. - WIT-CRACKER
One who breaks jests; a joker. Shak. - AGAINSTAND
To withstand. - OATHBREAKING
The violation of an oath; perjury. Shak - ANTICOHERER
A device, one form of which consists of a scratched deposit of silver on glass, used in connection with the receiving apparatus for reading wireless signals. The electric waves falling on this contrivance increase its resistance several times. The - PEACEBREAKER
One who disturbs the public peace. -- Peace"break`ing, n.