Noun
I got a sliver of wood stuck in my finger. Verb
carefully slivered the rattan stems into strips for basketry
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
The sliver of land was reclaimed from the sea to make room for commercial construction projects.—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 12 Apr. 2024 Only one small sliver of Michigan is in the 2024 eclipse's path of totality, in southeastern Monroe County.—Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 8 Apr. 2024 Watters said the moon will cover a sliver of the sun at around 10:15 a.m. and will reach its maximum coverage around 11:15 a.m.—Hanh Truong, Sacramento Bee, 8 Apr. 2024 The temperature dropped as the sky darkened, with just a sliver of the sun's outer rim glowing and clearly visible before the eclipse shifted back to partial again.—Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 8 Apr. 2024 When the sliver of fiery orange that remained of the sun disappeared, a black circle ringed by white light took its place.—Nathan Diller, USA TODAY, 8 Apr. 2024 This is the first total eclipse since 1878 to be seen in Fort Worth, and by extension, a sliver of Texas along the spine of totality.—Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Apr. 2024 Her sliver of the counter is equally spotted with drops of broth.—Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2024 By adorning relatively slow and simple melodies with quick grace notes, Moctar turns his electric guitar into something flickering and unstable, with pitches that seem to warp in and out of each other, changing for slivers of moments before snapping back into their familiar previous shapes.—Eric Torres, Pitchfork, 26 Mar. 2024
Verb
Each bite is loaded with bacon, cheddar cheese, and slivered almonds.—Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Feb. 2024 Make it: Top 1/2 cup low-fat cottage cheese with two tablespoons slivered almonds and a teaspoon of honey.—Women's Health, 28 Aug. 2023 Oh, and the AL West lead has been slivered to 1.5 games over Houston, two over white-hot Seattle.—Evan Grant, Dallas News, 22 Aug. 2023 An unexpected ingredient, slivered almonds, adds crunch to the filling and topping.—Bhg Test Kitchen, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 June 2023 Remarkable for its combination of complexity and freshness, Bollinger R.D. 2008 offers fine perlage and aromas of peach, yuzu, just-baked brioche, and slivered almonds.—Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 28 Mar. 2023 Seed and sliver the peppers and drizzle with oil, vinegar and chopped fresh herbs to serve as a salad.—Steven Raichlen New York Times, Star Tribune, 21 July 2021
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Word History
Etymology
Noun
Middle English slivere, from sliven to slice off, from Old English -slīfan; akin to Old English -slǣfan to cut
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