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Definitions for Slit

[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.
[3] a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
[4] to make a straight long incision in; split open
[5] to cut into strips lengthwise
[6] to sever
[7] a long narrow cut
[8] a long narrow opening

Words related to Slit

cleavage, crevice, fissure, incision, aperture, rip, slash, gash, breach, tear, rent, crack, cleft, hole, split, slot, pierce, slice, lance, incise

Words nearby Slit

slipstream, slipstreaming, slipt, slipware, slipway, slit, slit fricative, slit pocket, slit trench, slit-drum, slither

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; see slice

Other words from Slit

slit·less , adjective
slit·like , adjective

Word origin for Slit

Old English slītan to slice; related to Old Norse slita, Old High German slīzen

Synonyms for Slit

aperture, cleavage, crevice, fissure, incision, breach, cleft, crack, gash, hole, rent, split, tear