<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>A small, slender, often sharp piece, as of wood or glass, split, broken, or cut off, usually lengthwise or with the grain; splinter.</li><li>Any small, narrow piece or portion: A sliver of sky was visible.</li><li>A strand of loose, untwisted fibers produced in carding.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used with object)</strong></p><ul><li>To split or cut off (a sliver) or to split or cut into slivers: to sliver a log into kindling.</li><li>To form (textile fibers) into slivers.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used without object)</strong></p><ul><li>To split.</li></ul>