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"name": "inh"
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"etymology_text": "From Middle English slivere, sliver from Middle English sliven (“to cut, cleave, split”), from Old English slīfan (as in tōslīfan (“to split, split up”)).",
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"ref": "1972, Félix Martí-Ibáñez, The mirror of souls, and other essays, page 339",
"text": "This is the tasting ritual, the lay Eucharist of cheese. The buyer squeezes the sliver of cheese between his fingers to test its consistency, sniffs it, and then tastes it as delicately as if it were the most subtle caviar.",
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},
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"ref": "2013, J. M. Coetzee, chapter 27, in The Childhood of Jesus, Melbourne, Australia: The Text Publishing Company, page 270",
"text": "A sliver of bone has punctured a lung, and a small surgical operation was needed to remove it (would he like to keep the bone as a memento?--it is in a phial by his bedside).",
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"A long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment; a splinter."
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"A long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment; a splinter.",
"Specifically, a splinter caught under the skin."
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"(Upper Midwestern US) Specifically, a splinter caught under the skin."
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"name": "Spinning",
"orig": "en:Spinning",
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"Society",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
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"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."
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"sense": "strand or slender roll of cotton or other fiber in a loose, untwisted state",
"tags": [
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],
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"sense": "strand or slender roll of cotton or other fiber in a loose, untwisted state",
"word": "kuontalo"
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"sense": "strand or slender roll of cotton or other fiber in a loose, untwisted state",
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"neuter"
],
"word": "Band"
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"sense": "strand or slender roll of cotton or other fiber in a loose, untwisted state",
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"neuter"
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},
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"sense": "strand or slender roll of cotton or other fiber in a loose, untwisted state",
"word": "kordon"
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"Bait made of pieces of small fish. Compare kibblings."
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"(fishing) Bait made of pieces of small fish. Compare kibblings."
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"fishing",
"hobbies",
"lifestyle"
],
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"_dis1": "8 8 11 62 9 3",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "bait made of pieces of small fish",
"word": "languette"
},
{
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "bait made of pieces of small fish",
"word": "cebo lengüeta"
},
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "bait made of pieces of small fish",
"word": "livagn"
}
]
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},
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"kind": "other",
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"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
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"A narrow high-rise apartment building."
],
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[
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"apartment"
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],
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"(US, New York) A narrow high-rise apartment building."
],
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"sense": "New York: narrow high-rise apartment building",
"word": "tour"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 8 17 7 59 2",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "New York: narrow high-rise apartment building",
"word": "gratte-ciel"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 8 17 7 59 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "New York: narrow high-rise apartment building",
"word": "grattacielo"
},
{
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "dom-točka",
"sense": "New York: narrow high-rise apartment building",
"tags": [
"informal",
"masculine"
],
"word": "дом-точка"
},
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "New York: narrow high-rise apartment building",
"word": "edificio"
},
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"_dis1": "8 8 17 7 59 2",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "New York: narrow high-rise apartment building",
"word": "rascacielos"
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"A small amount of something; a drop in the bucket; a shred."
],
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"ipa": "/ˈslɪv.ə(ɹ)/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
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"ipa": "/ˈslɪv.ɚ/",
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"US"
]
},
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"_dis1": "47 47 1 1 2 1",
"sense": "long piece cut or rent off",
"word": "shard"
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{
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"sense": "long piece cut or rent off",
"word": "slice"
},
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"sense": "long piece cut or rent off",
"word": "splinter"
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "treska",
"sense": "long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "треска"
},
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "lièpiàn",
"sense": "long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment",
"word": "裂片"
},
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "odštěpek"
},
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "tříska"
},
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "odřezek"
},
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"_dis1": "41 41 8 4 5 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment",
"word": "säle"
},
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"_dis1": "41 41 8 4 5 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment",
"word": "tikku"
},
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"_dis1": "41 41 8 4 5 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment",
"word": "écharde"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 41 8 4 5 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment",
"word": "éclat"
},
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"_dis1": "41 41 8 4 5 1",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "estela"
},
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"_dis1": "41 41 8 4 5 1",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "acha"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 41 8 4 5 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Splitter"
},
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"_dis1": "41 41 8 4 5 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kleiner Teil"
},
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"_dis1": "41 41 8 4 5 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment",
"tags": [
"neuter"
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"word": "kleines Stück"
},
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Spreißel"
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"_dis1": "41 41 8 4 5 1",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "flís"
},
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"_dis1": "41 41 8 4 5 1",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "flaski"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 41 8 4 5 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment",
"word": "scheggia"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 41 8 4 5 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment",
"word": "frammento"
},
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"_dis1": "41 41 8 4 5 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "scaglia"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 41 8 4 5 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "spezzone"
},
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"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "jogak",
"sense": "long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment",
"word": "조각"
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"lang": "Latgalian",
"sense": "long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "skaida"
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"code": "ltg",
"lang": "Latgalian",
"sense": "long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ževers"
},
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"_dis1": "41 41 8 4 5 1",
"code": "lv",
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"sense": "long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "skaida"
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"_dis1": "41 41 8 4 5 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment",
"word": "hōripi"
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{
"_dis1": "41 41 8 4 5 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment",
"word": "kōripi"
},
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"_dis1": "41 41 8 4 5 1",
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Spekja"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 41 8 4 5 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "lasca"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 41 8 4 5 1",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "surcea"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 41 8 4 5 1",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "așchie"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ščépka",
"sense": "long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ще́пка"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 41 8 4 5 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "oskolok",
"sense": "long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "осколок"
},
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"_dis1": "41 41 8 4 5 1",
"code": "sk",
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"sense": "long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment",
"word": "trieska"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 41 8 4 5 1",
"code": "sk",
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"sense": "long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment",
"word": "štiepka"
},
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"code": "sl",
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"sense": "long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "trska"
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"_dis1": "41 41 8 4 5 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment",
"word": "astilla"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 41 8 4 5 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "tira"
},
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"_dis1": "41 41 8 4 5 1",
"code": "sv",
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"sense": "long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment",
"word": "flisa"
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"_dis1": "41 41 8 4 5 1",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment",
"word": "speta"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 41 8 4 5 1",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment",
"word": "sticka"
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"_dis1": "41 41 8 4 5 1",
"code": "txb",
"lang": "Tocharian B",
"sense": "long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment",
"word": "ṣat"
},
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"_dis1": "41 41 8 4 5 1",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment",
"word": "kıymık"
},
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"_dis1": "41 41 8 4 5 1",
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"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment",
"word": "ince dilim"
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"code": "zza",
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"singular",
"third-person"
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"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
},
{
"audio": "en-au-sliver.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/fc/En-au-sliver.ogg/En-au-sliver.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fc/En-au-sliver.ogg",
"tags": [
"Australia"
],
"text": "Audio (AU)"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"sliver"
],
"word": "sliver"
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-26 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (93a6c53 and 21a9316). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.