verb🔗ShareTo come apart into long sharp fragments."The tall tree splintered during the storm."materialprocessstructureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo cause to break apart into long sharp fragments."His third kick splintered the door."actionmaterialprocessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share(of a group) To break, or cause to break, into factions."The government splintered when the coalition members could not agree."grouppoliticsorganizationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo fasten or confine with splinters, or splints, as a broken limb."The doctor is splintering the child's broken arm to help it heal. "medicinebodyactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareThe process or result of something being splintered."The old wooden chair suffered from significant splintering after years of use, making it uncomfortable to sit on. "processmaterialconditionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading