skid mark vs sliver

skid mark

noun
  • Any burn on the skin caused by scraping the skin against a surface. 

  • A black mark left on a road surface from the sliding or skidding tires of a motor vehicle that has lost traction. 

  • A visible feces stain left on underpants, trousers, or sometimes the toilet bowl. 

  • Any other mark or stain left on a surface from a sliding or rubbing object. 

  • A mark of a soiled finger wiped on a surface. 

sliver

noun
  • Specifically, a splinter caught under the skin. 

  • A narrow high-rise apartment building. 

  • 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. 

  • A long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment; a splinter. 

  • Bait made of pieces of small fish. Compare kibblings. 

  • A small amount of something; a drop in the bucket; a shred. 

verb
  • To cut or divide into long, thin pieces, or into very small pieces; to cut or rend lengthwise; to slit. 

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