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slivering

slivering is the present participle and gerund of sliver.

Meaning of sliver

Verb

sliver (third-person singular simple present slivers, present participle slivering, simple past and past participle slivered)

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

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Questions about slivering

What is slivering the present participle and gerund of?
Slivering is the present participle and gerund of sliver.

Words near slivering in the dictionary

  1. slivercasting
  2. slivercasts
  3. slivered
  4. sliverer
  5. sliverers
  6. slivering
  7. sliverlike
  8. sliverous
  9. slivers
  10. slivery
  11. slives

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Adapted from Wiktionary: slivering (page history and authors); sliver (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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