Definition of sliver
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Examples of sliver in a Sentence
I got a sliver of wood stuck in my finger.
Recent Examples of sliver from the Web
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Quick orders of pickled daikon, pig’s ear slivers, and stewed bamboo shoots can be ordered straight from the deli case.
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Don’t give up The Balkan states are tiresome partners, beset by political bickering, crony economies and border quarrels over slivers of water or rocky mountain tops.
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While electric cars still only amount to a sliver of the market, sales have been growing fast.
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A tiny sliver of northwest Alabama, covering 1.53 percent of the state, is still classified as abnormally dry.
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Flash-forward to the next morning: there's bits of meat, sauce, and maybe even slivers of pasta in there.
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Although only a sliver of practices do direct primary care, the number is on the rise, said Shawn Martin, a senior vice president at the American Academy of Family Physicians.
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Workers at a construction site in a Phoenix suburb huddled under an excavator to find a sliver of a shade during a break.
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A UPS spokesman said that such items only represent a small sliver of packages, since most are shipped through its freight business.
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Origin and Etymology of sliver
Middle English slivere, from sliven to slice off, from Old English -slīfan; akin to Old English -slǣfan to cut
Examples of sliver in a Sentence
carefully slivered the rattan stems into strips for basketry
Recent Examples of sliver from the Web
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Pig ears are slivered and fried into crisp-chewy tendrils that are woven with watercress and pickled onion and piled on creamy pecan butter.
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Waldman usually serves this slow-cooker Indian dish with white rice and slivered almonds but says warm naan bread is good alternative.
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Other additions to balance the bitterness may be blood orange segments, mâche leaves, some slivered fennel bulb or crumbled blue cheese.
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First Known Use of sliver
1605
SLIVER Defined for English Language Learners
sliver
playDefinition of sliver for English Language Learners
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: a small, thin piece that has been cut, torn, or broken from something larger
sliver
playDefinition of sliver for English Language Learners
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: to cut or break (something) into small, thin pieces
SLIVER Defined for Kids
Definition of sliver for Students
slivered
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: to cut or form into long slender pieces
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