Définitions
1.NounA long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment.
2.NounSpecifically, a splinter caught under the skin.
3.NounA strand, or slender roll, of cotton or other fiber in a loose, untwisted state, produced by a carding machine and ready for the roving or slubbing which precedes spinning.
4.NounBait made of pieces of small fish.
5.NounA narrow high-rise apartment building.
6.NounA small amount of something; a drop in the bucket; a shred.
7.VerbTo cut or divide into long, thin pieces, or into very small pieces; to cut or rend lengthwise; to slit."to sliver wood"