Synonyms of the word splintering


SPLINTERINGBREAK - BREAKAGE - BREAKING - CHIP - CHIPPING

splintering

  • v. present participle of splinter.
  • n. The process or result of something being splintered.

break

  • v. (transitive, intransitive) To separate into two or more pieces, to fracture or crack, by a process that…
  • v. (transitive) To divide (something, often money) into smaller units.
  • v. (transitive) To cause (a person or animal) to lose spirit or will; to crush the spirits of.
  • v. (intransitive) To be crushed, or overwhelmed with sorrow or grief.
  • v. (transitive) To interrupt; to destroy the continuity of; to dissolve or terminate.
  • v. (transitive) To ruin financially.
  • v. (transitive) To violate, to not adhere to.
  • v. (intransitive, of a fever) To pass the most dangerous part of the illness; to go down, temperaturewise.
  • v. (intransitive, of a storm or spell of weather) To end.
  • v. (transitive, gaming slang) To design or use a powerful (yet legal) strategy that unbalances the game in…
  • v. (transitive, intransitive) To stop, or to cause to stop, functioning properly or altogether.
  • v. (transitive) To cause (a barrier) to no longer bar.
  • v. (transitive) To destroy the arrangement of; to throw into disorder; to pierce.
  • v. (intransitive, of a wave of water) To collapse into surf, after arriving in shallow water.
  • v. (intransitive) To burst forth; to make its way; to come into view.
  • v. (intransitive) To interrupt or cease one's work or occupation temporarily.
  • v. (transitive) To interrupt (a fall) by inserting something so that the falling object does not (immediately)…
  • v. (transitive, ergative) To disclose or make known an item of news, etc.
  • v. (intransitive, of morning) To arrive.
  • v. (intransitive, of a sound) To become audible suddenly.
  • v. (transitive) To change a steady state abruptly.
  • v. (copulative, informal) To suddenly become.
  • v. (intransitive) Of a voice, to alter in type: in men generally to go up, in women sometimes to go down;…
  • v. (transitive) To surpass or do better than (a specific number), to do better than (a record), setting a…
  • v. (sports and games).
  • v. (transitive, military, most often in the passive tense) To demote, to reduce the military rank of.
  • v. (transitive) To end (a connection), to disconnect.
  • v. (intransitive, of an emulsion) To demulsify.
  • v. (intransitive, sports) To counter-attack.
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To lay open, as a purpose; to disclose, divulge, or communicate.
  • v. (intransitive) To become weakened in constitution or faculties; to lose health or strength.
  • v. (intransitive, obsolete) To fail in business; to become bankrupt.
  • v. (transitive) To destroy the strength, firmness, or consistency of.
  • v. (transitive) To destroy the official character and standing of; to cashier; to dismiss.
  • v. (intransitive) To make an abrupt or sudden change; to change the gait.
  • v. (intransitive, archaic) To fall out; to terminate friendship.
  • v. (of a horse) To tame, to horsebreak.
  • n. An instance of breaking something into two pieces.
  • n. A physical space that opens up in something or between two things.
  • n. A rest or pause, usually from work. Often the mid-morning breaktime in the school day.
  • n. A short holiday.
  • n. A temporary split with a romantic partner.
  • n. An interval or intermission between two parts of a performance, for example a theatre show, broadcast,…
  • n. A significant change in circumstance, attitude, perception, or focus of attention.
  • n. The beginning (of the morning).
  • n. An act of escaping.
  • n. (computing) The separation between lines or paragraphs of a written text.
  • n. (Britain, weather) A change, particularly the end of a spell of persistent good or bad weather.
  • n. (sports and games).
  • n. (dated) A large four-wheeled carriage, having a straight body and calash top, with the driver's seat in…
  • n. (equitation) A sharp bit or snaffle.
  • n. (music) A short section of music, often between verses, in which some performers stop while others continue.
  • n. (music) The point in the musical scale at which a woodwind instrument is designed to overblow, that is,…
  • n. (music) A section of extended repetition of the percussion break to a song, created by a hip-hop DJ as…

breakage

  • n. The act of breaking.
  • n. Something that has been broken.
  • n. The left-over money in a parimutuel betting pool resulting from rounding off the payoffs, added to the…

breaking

  • v. present participle of break.
  • n. The act by which something is broken.
  • n. (linguistics) A change of a vowel to a diphthong.
  • n. (music) A form of ornamentation in which groups of short notes are used instead of long ones.
  • n. breakdancing.

chip

  • n. A small piece broken from a larger piece of solid material.
  • n. A damaged area of a surface where a small piece has been broken off.
  • n. (games, gambling) A token used in place of cash.
  • n. (electronics) A circuit fabricated in one piece on a small, thin substrate.
  • n. (electronics) A hybrid device mounted in a substrate, containing electronic circuitry and miniaturised…
  • n. (Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, especially in the plural) A fried strip of potato of square…
  • n. (US, Australia and New Zealand, especially in the plural) A thin, crisp, fried slice of potato, or sometimes…
  • n. (sports) A shot during which the ball travels more predominantly upwards than in a regular shot, as to…
  • n. (curling) A takeout that hits a rock at an angle.
  • n. A dried piece of dung used as fuel.
  • n. (New Zealand, northern) A receptacle, usually for strawberries or other fruit.
  • n. (cooking) A small, near-conical piece of food added in baking.
  • n. A small rectangle of colour printed on coated paper for colour selection and matching. A virtual equivalent…
  • n. (nautical) The triangular piece of wood attached to the log line.
  • n. (historical) Wood or Cuban palm leaf split into slips, or straw plaited in a special manner, for making…
  • n. (archaic, derogatory) Anything dried up, withered, or without flavour.
  • n. (golf) A low shot that travels further along the ground than it does in the air.
  • v. (transitive) To break into small pieces.
  • v. (transitive) To break small pieces from.
  • v. (transitive, sports) To play a shot hitting the ball predominately upwards rather than forwards.
  • v. (transitive, sports) In association football, specifically, to play a shot on goal by kicking the ball…
  • v. (transitive, automotive) to upgrade an engine management system, usually to increase power.
  • v. (intransitive) To become chipped.
  • v. (intransitive, card games, often with "in") To ante (up).
  • v. (transitive, informal) To fit (an animal) with a microchip.
  • v. (Britain, transitive, often with "in") to contribute.

chipping

  • v. present participle of chip.
  • n. A fragment broken off of a larger material.
  • n. The act of breaking something into small fragments, or of removing fragments from pottery etc.

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