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Webster 1913 Edition


Slit

Slit

,
obs.
3
d.
p
ers.
s
ing.
p
res.
of
Slide
.
Chaucer.

Slit

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Slit
or
Slitted
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Slitting
.]
[OE.
slitten
, fr.
sliten
, AS.
stītan
to tear; akin to D.
slijten
to wear out, G.
schleissen
to slit, split, OHG.
slīzan
to split, tear, wear out, Icel.
stīta
to break, tear, wear out, Sw.
slita
, Dan.
slide
. Cf.
Eclat
,
Slate
,
Noun.
,
Slice
.]
1.
To cut lengthwise; to cut into long pieces or strips;
as, to
slit
iron bars into nail rods; to
slit
leather into straps.
2.
To cut or make a long fissure in or upon;
as, to
slit
the ear or the nose
.
3.
To cut; to sever; to divide.
[Obs.]
And
slits
the thin-spun life.
Milton.

Slit

,
Noun.
[AS.
slite
.]
A long cut; a narrow opening;
as, a
slit
in the ear
.
Gill slit
.
(Anat.)
See
Gill opening
, under
Gill
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Slit

SLIT

,
Verb.
T.
pret. slit; pp. slot or slitted.
1.
To cut lengthwise; to cut into long pieces or strips; as, to slit iron bard into nail rods.
2.
To cut or make a long fissure; as, to slit the ear or tongue, or the nose.
3.
To cut in general.
4.
To rend; to split.

SLIT

, n.
1.
A long cut; or a narrow opening; as a slit in the ear.
2.
A cleft or crack in the breast of cattle.

Definition 2024


slit

slit

English

Noun

slit (plural slits)

  1. A narrow cut or opening; a slot.
    • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 17, in The China Governess:
      The face which emerged was not reassuring. It was blunt and grey, the nose springing thick and flat from high on the frontal bone of the forehead, whilst his eyes were narrow slits of dark in a tight bandage of tissue. […].
  2. (vulgar, slang) The opening of the ****.
  3. (vulgar, slang, derogatory) A woman, usually a sexually loose woman; a prostitute.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

slit (third-person singular simple present slits, present participle slitting, simple past slit, past participle slit or slitten)

  1. To cut a narrow opening.
    He slit the bag open and the rice began pouring out.
  2. To split in two parts.
  3. (transitive) To cut; to sever; to divide.
    • Milton:
      And slits the thin-spun life.

Translations

Adjective

slit (not comparable)

  1. Having a cut narrow opening

Anagrams


Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse *slit.

Noun

slit n (genitive singular slits, no plural)

  1. wear and tear

Anagrams

See also


Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

slit

  1. imperative of slite

Swedish

Noun

slit n

  1. (hard) work, labour

Declension

Verb

slit

  1. imperative of slita.