slit
verb (used with object)
to cut apart or open along a line; make a long cut, fissure, or opening in.
slits
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pluralof slit.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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present tense formof slit (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
slitverb (used with object)to cut apart or open along a line; make a long cut, fissure, or opening in.
Example Sentences
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They then used focused ion beams to cut hundreds of extremely small slits into the metal.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 8, 2026
Not one of the galleries has a skylight, although some have one or two slender slits atop the walls that admit weak slivers of borrowed light.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
It found that these particles, which can either act like a particle or wave, acted as waves passing through both slits in the experiment when they were unobserved.
From Salon ● Jan. 17, 2025
Seat of the county of Los Angeles since it opened in 1960, it looks like a Lego block with slits.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 2, 2025
As I make my way through the sea of shrieks and the rattle of lockers slamming shut, the slits of my octopus eyes stay horizontal.
From "The Benefits of Being an Octopus" by Ann Braden
