(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
A ~ is a very thin, sharp piece of wood, glass, or other hard substance, which has broken off from a larger piece.
...~s of glass.
...a ~ in the finger.
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2.
If something ~s or is ~ed, it breaks into thin, sharp pieces.
The ruler cracked and ~ed into pieces...
The stone rocketed into the glass, ~ing it.
VERB: V prep/adv, V n