splinter
/ˈsplɪn.tɚ/ verbo C2En español: astillarse, astillar
- To come apart into long sharp fragments. · The tall tree splintered during the storm.
- To cause to break apart into long sharp fragments. · His third kick splintered the door.
- To break, or cause to break, into factions. · The government splintered when the coalition members could not agree.· The unpopular new policies splintered the company.
- To fasten or confine with splinters, or splints, as a broken limb.
He/she/it splinters · Pasado splintered · Participio pasado splintered · Forma en -ing splintering
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- Forma base
- splinter
- He/she/it
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- Pasado
- splintered
- Participio pasado
- splintered
- Forma en -ing
- splintering
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Above the splintered mast a sail rent to tatters was waving; suddenly the ropes that still held it gave way, and it disappeared in the darkness of the night like a vast sea-bird.
It had been carried out and had been dashed savagely against the garden wall, under which its splintered fragments were discovered.”
It lay scattered, in splintered shards, upon the grass.
Next instant, with a loud shout of triumph he held up one splinter, in which a round, dark object was fixed like a plum in a pudding.
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