[{"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["a small, slender, often sharp piece, as of wood or glass, split, broken, or cut off, usually lengthwise or with the grain; splinter.", "any small, narrow piece or portion:A sliver of sky was visible.", "a strand of loose, untwisted fibers produced in carding."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to split or cut off (a sliver) or to split or cut into slivers:to sliver a log into kindling.", "to form (textile fibers) into slivers."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used without object)", "List Items": ["to split."]}]