slit

slit
slit1 [ slıt ] noun count
1. ) a long narrow space in something:
I could see them through the slit in the curtains.
a skirt with a slit up the side
a ) only before noun used about clothes and other things that have a long narrow space between parts:
a slit skirt
2. ) a long thin cut:
Make a slit in the top of the pie before baking.
slit
slit 2 [ slıt ] (past tense and past participle slit) verb transitive
to make a long thin cut in something:
slit someone's throat (=kill them by cutting their throat with a knife): Their throats had been slit.
slit something open: She grabbed the envelope and slit it open.

Usage of the words and phrases in modern English. 2013.

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  • şliţ — ŞLIŢ, şliţuri, s.n. 1. Scobitură în formă de şanţ, făcută într o piesă sau intr un element de construcţie. 2. Deschizătură făcută la marginea inferioară sau la mânecile unor obiecte de îmbrăcăminte, având un rol practic sau decorativ. ♦… …   Dicționar Român

  • Slit — Slit, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Slit} or {Slitted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Slitting}.] [OE. slitten, fr. sliten, AS. st[=i]tan to tear; akin to D. slijten to wear out, G. schleissen to slit, split, OHG. sl[=i]zan to split, tear, wear out, Icel. st[=i]ta to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Slit — Slit, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Slit} or {Slitted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Slitting}.] [OE. slitten, fr. sliten, AS. st[=i]tan to tear; akin to D. slijten to wear out, G. schleissen to slit, split, OHG. sl[=i]zan to split, tear, wear out, Icel. st[=i]ta to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Slit — Slit, n. [AS. slite.] A long cut; a narrow opening; as, a slit in the ear. [1913 Webster] {Gill slit}. (Anat.) See {Gill opening}, under {Gill}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • slit — (v.) O.E. slitan cut or tear up, slit, from P.Gmc. *slitanan (Cf. O.S. slitan, O.N. slita, M.L.G., M.Du. sliten, Du. slijten, O.H.G. slizan, Ger. schleißen to slit ). The noun is attested from mid 13c. Slang sense of vulva is attested from 1640s …   Etymology dictionary

  • slit — slit; slit·less; slit·ter; …   English syllables

  • slit — ► NOUN ▪ a long, narrow cut or opening. ► VERB (slitting; past and past part. slit) 1) make a slit in. 2) (past and past part. slitted) form (one s eyes) into slits. ORIGIN Old English …   English terms dictionary

  • slit — [slit] vt. slit, slitting [ME slitten < OE * slittan, akin to MHG slitzen < WGmc * slitjan < base of Gmc * slitan (> OE slitan) < IE base * (s)kel , to cut > SHIELD, SHELL] 1. to cut or split open, esp. by a straight, lengthwise …   English World dictionary

  • Slit — Slit, obs. 3d. pers. sing. pres. of {Slide}. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • slit — [n] small opening, cut aperture, breach, cleavage, cleft, crack, crevice, fissure, gash, hole, incision, rent, split, tear; concept 513 Ant. closure slit [v] cut open gash, incise, knife, lance, pierce, rip, sever, slash, slice, slot, split open …   New thesaurus

  • slit — index lancinate, sever, split (noun), split (verb) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

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