What Does Splinters Mean?

A splinter is a fragment of a larger object, or a foreign body that penetrates or is purposely injected into a body. The foreign body must be lodged inside tissue to be considered a splinter.

What does it mean when someone splinters?

: to divide or split a group of people into smaller groups. See the full definition for splinter in the English Language Learners Dictionary. splinter. noun. splin·​ter | \ ˈsplin-tər \

What is the difference between splinters and splinters?

A very thin slice or bit of something is a sliver. A sliver of hope is better than a sliver of doubt, but having a sliver of wood in your foot is the worst. That's called a splinter, and it hurts!