sliver

IPA: sɫˈɪvɝ

A long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment; a splinter.
(Upper Midwestern US) Specifically, a splinter caught under the skin.
A 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.
(fishing) Bait made of pieces of small fish. Compare kibblings.
(US, New York) A narrow high-rise apartment building.
A small amount of something; a drop in the bucket; a shred.

(transitive) To cut or divide into long, thin pieces, or into very small pieces; to cut or rend lengthwise; to slit.

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