Crossword clues for splintering
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Splinter \Splin"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Splintered; p. pr. & vb. n. Splintering.] [Cf. LG. splittern, splinteren. See Splint, n., Split.]
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To split or rend into long, thin pieces; to shiver; as, the lightning splinters a tree.
After splintering their lances, they wheeled about, and . . . abandoned the field to the enemy.
--Prescott. To fasten or confine with splinters, or splints, as a broken limb.
--Bp. Wren.
Wiktionary
n. The process or result of something being splintered. vb. (present participle of splinter English)
WordNet
Usage examples of "splintering".
He splashed into it without hesitation, splintering the skin of ice that clung to the banks, feeling the cold bite into his legs and feet as it soaked his leggings and filled his moccasins.
He wondered how many major splintering hits the wall studs could sustain before structural damage became critical and one or another corner of the house sagged.
She ran from both, bootheels splintering the mirror, a brittle music of flight.
They strode across wet sand and ducked under the wharf, careful not to snag their journeypacks on the splintering wood.
A group of the 88th had hacked open a wine-shop, splintering the door with bayonets, and now had set up their own business selling the stolen wine.
The ball struck the timber palisade of the Picurina, splintering the tree-trunks, driving the shards of unseasoned wood in vicious showers on the defenders, and it was the turn of the British to cheer.
A shot was fired, splintering the lintel, and then the Portuguese came out, one after the other, thrown with a bone-crunching force and the Irishman picked up the child, handed it in, and shut the door as best he could.
Further sounds of depredation came down the hallthe splintering of wood and crunch of glass under a bootheel.
Bullets exploded behind him, splintering wood and pock marking the metal bulkheads.
The padlock was small and rusted, and it looped through an even rustier hasp, which easily came off the door with a splintering sound.
The next two rounds pulped the side of his head, tearing most of his face away, teeth splintering against the wall of rock beyond him.
The sound of rifle fire was splintering the afternoon that smelt of pine resin, sulfur, and blood.
The Reverend Starbucks horse bolted from the unending splintering crack of rifles that outflanked the two New York regiments.
The club came down too late across the haft of the spear, splintering it as her body collided with her killer.
Thiemo struck the spear haft down with his sword, splintering it, as Matto, Surly, and Everwin waded in with their swords.