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Splinter
- noun - a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal; "he got a splinter in his finger"; "it broke into slivers"
- break up into splinters or slivers; "The wood splintered"
- divide into slivers or splinters
- withdraw from an organization or communion; "After the break up of the Soviet Union, many republics broke away"
Split Up
- noun -
- an increase in the number of outstanding shares of a corporation without changing the shareholders' equity; "they announced a two-for-one split of the common stock"
- an increase in the number of outstanding shares of a corporation without changing the shareholders'' equity; "they announced a two-for-one split of the common stock"
- become separated into pieces or fragments; "The figurine broke"; "The freshly baked loaf fell apart"
- discontinue an association or relation; go different ways;
- discontinue an association or relation; go different ways; "The business partners broke over a tax question"; "The couple separated after 25 years of marriage"; "My friend and I split up"
- get a divorce; formally terminate a marriage; "The couple divorced after only 6 months"
- separate into parts or portions; "divide the cake into three equal parts"; "The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I"
Splitsaw
- noun - a handsaw for cutting with the grain of the wood
Splitter
- noun - a laborer who splits logs to build split-rail fences
- a taxonomist who classifies organisms into many groups on the basis of relatively minor characteristics
- A terrible headache
- a worker who splits fish and removes the backbone
Spoilage
- noun - the act of spoiling something by causing damage to it; "her spoiling my dress was deliberate"
- the amount that has spoiled
- the process of becoming spoiled
Spoilers
- noun - a candidate with no chance of winning but who may draw enough votes to prevent one of the leading candidates from winning
- a hinged airfoil on the upper surface of an aircraft wing that is raised to reduce lift and increase drag
- an airfoil mounted on the rear of a car to reduce lift at high speeds
- someone who pampers or spoils by excessive indulgence
- someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war)
Spoiling
- verb - alter from the original
- become unfit for consumption or use; "the meat must be eaten before it spoils"
- destroy and strip of its possession; "The soldiers raped the beautiful country"
- have a strong desire or urge to do something; "She is itching to start the project"; "He is spoiling for a fight"
- hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of; "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"; "foil your opponent"
- make a mess of, destroy or ruin; "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement"
- make imperfect; "nothing marred her beauty"
- the act of spoiling something by causing damage to it; "her spoiling my dress was deliberate"
- the process of becoming spoiled
- treat with excessive indulgence; "grandparents often pamper the children"; "Let's not mollycoddle our students!"
Sprigged
- adjective - decorated with designs of sprigs; "sprigged muslin"
Sprigger
- noun - a worker who strips the stems from moistened tobacco leaves and binds the leaves together into books