Noun
I got a sliver of wood stuck in my finger. Verb
carefully slivered the rattan stems into strips for basketry
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Noun
Yet a campaign official, who requested anonymity to discuss sensitive campaign planning, said the speech would also be an optimistic call to put country over party, part of Harris’ effort to win over a small sliver of conservatives who are wary of Trump’s Republican Party takeover.—Noah Bierman, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2024 Only a small sliver of Tampa Bay homes changed hands through August this year, according to Redfin.—Yacob Reyes, Axios, 24 Oct. 2024
Verb
McDonald’s has stopped sourcing onions from the supplier indefinitely, and around 900 locations will serve the Quarter Pounder sans slivered onions.—Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 29 Oct. 2024 McDonald’s says the most likely source of the contamination was slivered onions served on its Quarter Pounders.—Christine Romans, NBC News, 29 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for sliver
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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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