Definizione monolingua

splinter

splinter (third-person singular simple present splinters, present participle splintering, simple past and past participle splintered)

1. (intransitive) To come apart into long sharp fragments.

   The tall tree splintered during the storm.

2. (transitive) To cause to break apart into long sharp fragments.

   His third kick splintered the door.

3. (figuratively, of a group) To break, or cause to break, into factions.

   The government splintered when the coalition members could not agree.

   The unpopular new policies splintered the company.

splinter (plural splinters)

1. A long, sharp fragment of material; often wood.
2. A group that formed by splitting off from a larger membership.

Definizione dizionario splinter

	scheggia
	long, sharp fragment of material; often wood
	Frammento appuntito e tagliente che si è spezzato da un corpo solido di vetro, legno pietra o sim.

	fazione
	a group that formed by splitting off from a larger membership

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splinter

Altri significati:

(figuratively, of a group) To break, or cause to break, into factions.

to cause to break apart into splinters

to break or cause to break into factions

To break into many small splinters.

A group that formed by splitting off from a larger membership.

(transitive) To cause to break apart into long sharp fragments.

to come apart into splinters

A long, sharp fragment of material; often wood.

block (of wood)

(intransitive) To come apart into long sharp fragments.