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One should not forget that there are very few surviving items from this period, often just single, small bones, a tooth, a sliver of the skull. Categorizing these pieces can be very difficult.
Richard Leakey

Meaning of "sliver" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SLIVER

From sliven to split.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF SLIVER

sliver  [ˈslɪvə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SLIVER

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Sliver is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb sliver in English.

WHAT DOES SLIVER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of sliver in the English dictionary

The first definition of sliver in the dictionary is a thin piece that is cut or broken off lengthwise; splinter. Other definition of sliver is a loose strand or fibre obtained by carding. Sliver is also to divide or be divided into splinters; split.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO SLIVER

PRESENT

Present
I sliver
you sliver
he/she/it slivers
we sliver
you sliver
they sliver
Present continuous
I am slivering
you are slivering
he/she/it is slivering
we are slivering
you are slivering
they are slivering
Present perfect
I have slivered
you have slivered
he/she/it has slivered
we have slivered
you have slivered
they have slivered
Present perfect continuous
I have been slivering
you have been slivering
he/she/it has been slivering
we have been slivering
you have been slivering
they have been slivering
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I slivered
you slivered
he/she/it slivered
we slivered
you slivered
they slivered
Past continuous
I was slivering
you were slivering
he/she/it was slivering
we were slivering
you were slivering
they were slivering
Past perfect
I had slivered
you had slivered
he/she/it had slivered
we had slivered
you had slivered
they had slivered
Past perfect continuous
I had been slivering
you had been slivering
he/she/it had been slivering
we had been slivering
you had been slivering
they had been slivering
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will sliver
you will sliver
he/she/it will sliver
we will sliver
you will sliver
they will sliver
Future continuous
I will be slivering
you will be slivering
he/she/it will be slivering
we will be slivering
you will be slivering
they will be slivering
Future perfect
I will have slivered
you will have slivered
he/she/it will have slivered
we will have slivered
you will have slivered
they will have slivered
Future perfect continuous
I will have been slivering
you will have been slivering
he/she/it will have been slivering
we will have been slivering
you will have been slivering
they will have been slivering
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would sliver
you would sliver
he/she/it would sliver
we would sliver
you would sliver
they would sliver
Conditional continuous
I would be slivering
you would be slivering
he/she/it would be slivering
we would be slivering
you would be slivering
they would be slivering
Conditional perfect
I would have sliver
you would have sliver
he/she/it would have sliver
we would have sliver
you would have sliver
they would have sliver
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been slivering
you would have been slivering
he/she/it would have been slivering
we would have been slivering
you would have been slivering
they would have been slivering
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you sliver
we let´s sliver
you sliver
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to sliver
Past participle
slivered
Present Participle
slivering
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SLIVER


caliver
ˈkælɪvə
deliver
dɪˈlɪvə
flivver
ˈflɪvə
free-liver
ˌfriːˈlɪvə
gillyvor
ˈdʒɪlɪvə
liver
ˈlɪvə
Oliver
ˈɒlɪvə
outdeliver
ˌaʊtdɪˈlɪvə
outliver
ˌaʊtˈlɪvə
redeliver
ˌriːdɪˈlɪvə
reliver
rɪˈlɪvə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SLIVER

slish
slit
slit pocket
slit skirt
slit trench
slit-eyed
slither
slitherier
slitheriest
slithery
slitless
slitlike
slitter
slitty
slive
sliver-like
slivovic
slivovica
slivovitz
slivowitz

WORDS THAT END LIKE SLIVER

arriver
Bath Oliver
caregiver
chicken liver
cirrhosis of the liver
diver
giver
hit-and-run driver
hiver
Hudson River
pile-driver
receiver
river
screwdriver
shiver
taxi driver
the river
truck driver
viver
waiver

Synonyms and antonyms of sliver in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «SLIVER»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «sliver» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of sliver

Translation of «sliver» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SLIVER

Find out the translation of sliver to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of sliver from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «sliver» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

细片
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

astilla
570 millions of speakers

English

sliver
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ज़ुल्फ़
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

شظية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Щепка
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

lasca
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কাঠের ছিলকা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

éclat
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Sekerat
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Splitter
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

細長いもの
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

얇은 조각
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sliver
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

miếng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சிராய்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

काप
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kıymık
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

scheggia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

drzazga
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

тріска
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

țeapă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

sliver
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

splinter
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

flisa
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sliver
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of sliver

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SLIVER»

The term «sliver» is quite widely used and occupies the 29.393 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SLIVER» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «sliver» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «sliver» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about sliver

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5 QUOTES WITH «SLIVER»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word sliver.
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Geraldine Brooks
Jewish prayers are mostly about daily things - the sliver of a new moon, dew on the grass, the bread and the wine.
2
Richard Leakey
One should not forget that there are very few surviving items from this period, often just single, small bones, a tooth, a sliver of the skull. Categorizing these pieces can be very difficult.
3
James Lipton
I had something called the back of the chair test. Where I sit, we don't sit like you and I do. I can see a sliver right behind them and they come out and they sit like this like god students and they don't touch the back of the chair.
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Adam Rayner
I certainly have a sliver of me, which is definitely American, and feels a great pull towards where I spent time when I was very young, which is in California.
5
Alex Shoumatoff
If the world were an orange with 18 segments meeting at the top (the North Pole), roughly 8 of them would be in Russia, Canada would have 4, Denmark 2, and Norway, Sweden, and the U.S. just one apiece. Only a sliver of Alaska, on the Beaufort Sea, lies above the Arctic Circle.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SLIVER»

Discover the use of sliver in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sliver and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Sliver
He watches her unpack, watches her make her bed. He owns the building: a shocking secret is concealed within its brick and concrete. Sliver is a sinuous erotic thriller, a hypnotic story of obsession, suspense, and stunning surprises.
Ira Levin, 2011
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Sliver Quilts: 11 Projects • Easy Technique for Dynamic Results
Add fresh, striking dimension and texture to traditional or contemporary quilts with Lisa O’Neill’s original “sliver piecing” technique.
Lisa O'Neill, 2012
3
Sliver
A ghost in his own life, Franklin Brophy is a man who goes through each day looking forward only to the end of it.
Josh Voyles, 2012
4
A Sliver of Shadow
WAR IS HELL.
Allison Pang, 2012
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Sliver of Truth
Lisa Unger. had been discovered by my parents, or by my brother, Ace—or by my uncle Max. He was the big gun, called in when no one else could find me. He'd say, "Check inside that wardrobe in the guest room." Or "Try that crawl space to ...
Lisa Unger, 2009
6
A Sliver of Hope
My twin sister was the only person in the world I thought I'd known inside and out.
Karla J. Nellenbach, 2013
7
Sliver of Doubt
Secret societies, spies, a basement laboratory? Aubrey won't let a barred window - and the possibility of mortal danger - stand in his way. Sliver of Doubt is a story in the Laws of Magic world.
Michael Pryor, 2013
8
Sliver Moon
When D. A. Chris Sinclair and his beloved Anne Greenwald accept an invitation to visit Anne's estranged father, they expect a strange weekend.
Jay Brandon, 2004
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Knitting Technology: A Comprehensive Handbook and Practical ...
Sliver or high-pile knitting is single-jersey made on a circular machine having sliver feeds where the stock- or dope-dyed slivers are drawn from cans at ground level. They are then prepared by mini three-roller drafting card units followed by ...
David J. Spencer, 2001
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A Sliver of Presence
Michael Fulford. time I went in the graveyard, to trim the weeds, I could feel her. I could feel my own baby. One of my jobs is to check the church each night for left babies. But that poor girl has been doing it for a hundred years." She put her ...
Michael Fulford, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SLIVER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term sliver is used in the context of the following news items.
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Chasing the 'silver sliver': making sure innovation doesn't slip …
... 2015 4.19pm EDT. Australian manufacturing can provide the “silver sliver” - or the high-value - part of world goods. Image sourced from www.shutterstock.com ... «The Conversation AU, Jul 15»
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Micromax Canvas Sliver 5 hands on review: World's slimmest phone …
At 5.1 mm, the Sliver may not be the thinnest phone – there are devices which have crossed the sub 5mm threshold but there's one reason that still gives ... «Zee News, Jul 15»
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Micromax Canvas Sliver 5 review: The world's slimmest phone from …
At 5.1 mm, the Sliver may not be the thinnest phone – there are devices which have crossed the sub 5mm threshold but there's one reason that still gives ... «Daily News & Analysis, Jul 15»
4
For sale: a sliver of sidewalk and other 'challenging' LA properties
A piece of prime real estate near Disney Concert Hall downtown went on sale this week — and the price is likely to be dirt cheap. The catch: the current tenant, ... «Los Angeles Times, Jul 15»
5
Micromax Canvas Sliver 5 Goes on Sale in India, but It's Awfully …
There is good and bad news for Android fans in India, as Micromax has just made its Canvas Sliver 5 mid-range smartphone available for purchase but at a high ... «Softpedia News, Jul 15»
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Micromax Canvas Sliver 5 Q450 now available in India at Rs. 17999
Micromax Canvas Sliver 5 Q450 Micromax has started selling its new smartphone, Micromax Canvas Sliver 5. The smartphone was launched in India last month ... «MakTechBlog, Jul 15»
7
A Sliver of Opportunity Emerges in the Gaza Strip
JERUSALEM — Robert Turner is recognized everywhere in the Gaza Strip, jokingly called its governor. To most people there, he is known simply as “Mr. Bob. «New York Times, Jul 15»
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Digital Life: Samsung's brilliant Gear VR may take a sliver of your …
You feel like you've misplaced a little sliver of your life, or something. But that's nothing compared to stepping into the virtual reality world of Samsung's new Gear ... «The Australian Financial Review, Jun 15»
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A slim champ
Micromax has gone on a diet. And the result is the Canvas Sliver 5 — the slimmest and lightest phone on sale today. Of course, these claims are short lived. «The Asian Age, Jun 15»
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Micromax Canvas Sliver 5 First Impressions: It's Skinny
Micromax continues to focus on the 4G smartphones with the launch of a new flagship device, the Micromax Canvas Sliver 5. The phone will be available from ... «NDTV, Jun 15»

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