Slit

  • 21slit — slitless, adj. slitlike, adj. /slit/, v., slit, slitting, n. v.t. 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. n. 3. a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture. [1175 1225; …

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  • 22slit — I n. a narrow slit II v. (N; used with an adjective) she slit the envelope open * * * [slɪt] (N; used with an adjective) she slit the envelope open a narrow slit …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 23slit — [slɪt] noun [C] I a long narrow space or cut in something a skirt with a slit up the side[/ex] II (past tense past participle slit) verb [T] slit [slɪt] to make a long thin cut in something She grabbed the envelope and slit it open.[/ex] …

    Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • 24Slit — A slit is a vertical or horizontal space that can open and close. It also refers to: * in computing, a feature of Blackbox (and similar X window managers) that allows for applications to hide along the edge of the computer display. * in clothing …

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  • 25slit — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun Slit is used before these nouns: ↑trench Slit is used after these nouns: ↑arrow {{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}} verb Slit is used with these nouns as the object: ↑throat, ↑wrist …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 26slit — • knog, möda, slit, släp, strävan, kneg, jobb • knog, möda, slit, släp, strävan, kneg • möda, belastning, påfrestning, slit, besvär, press …

    Svensk synonymlexikon

  • 27slit — [[t]slɪt[/t]] v. slit, slit•ting, n. 1) to make a long cut or opening in 2) to cut or rend into strips; split 3) a straight, narrow cut or opening • Etymology: 1175–1225; ME slitte (n.), slitten (v.); akin to OE slītan to split, c. OFris, ONslīta …

    From formal English to slang

  • 28slit — /slɪt / (say slit) verb (t) (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 3. a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture. 4. Colloquial (taboo) the… …

  • 29slit — [13] Slit is not recorded in Old English, but it is assumed to have existed, as *slittan (its first cousin slītan ‘slit’ survived into the 20th century in Scottish English as slite). It goes back ultimately to the same Germanic base that produced …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 30slit — noun a long, narrow cut or opening. verb (slits, slitting, slit) 1》 make a slit in.     ↘cut into strips. 2》 (past and past participle slitted) form (one s eyes) into slits. Derivatives slitter noun Origin …

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