[sliv-er] 
| 1. | a small, slender, often sharp piece, as of wood or glass, split, broken, or cut off, usually lengthwise or with the grain; splinter. |
| 2. | any small, narrow piece or portion: A sliver of sky was visible. |
| 3. | a strand of loose, untwisted fibers produced in carding. |
| 4. | to split or cut off (a sliver) or to split or cut into slivers: to sliver a log into kindling. |
| 5. | to form (textile fibers) into slivers. |
| 6. | to split. |
