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slit

American  
[slit] / slɪt /

verb (used with object)

slit, slitting

  1. to cut apart or open along a line; make a long cut, fissure, or opening in.

  2. to cut or rend into strips; split.

noun

  1. a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.

slit British  
/ slɪt /

verb

  1. to make a straight long incision in; split open

  2. to cut into strips lengthwise

  3. to sever

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a long narrow cut

  2. a long narrow opening

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Word Forms

  • slitless adjective
  • slitlike adjective
  • slitter noun

Etymology

Origin of slit

1175–1225; Middle English slitte (noun), slitten (v.); cognate with German schlitzen to split, slit; akin to Old English slite a slit, geslit a bite, slītan to split; slice

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