Slit
[slɪt]
Definition
(noun.) a long narrow opening.
(noun.) a narrow fissure.
(verb.) cut a slit into; 'slit the throat of the victim'.
(verb.) make a clean cut through; 'slit her throat'.
Inputed by Elizabeth--From WordNet
Definition
(-) 3d. pers. sing. pres. of Slide.
(imp. & p. p.) of Slit
(n.) To cut lengthwise; to cut into long pieces or strips; as, to slit iron bars into nail rods; to slit leather into straps.
(n.) To cut or make a long fissure in or upon; as, to slit the ear or the nose.
(n.) To cut; to sever; to divide.
(n.) A long cut; a narrow opening; as, a slit in the ear.
Editor: Xenia
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Cut (lengthwise).[2]. Sunder, divide, rend.
n. Long cut.
Typist: Zamenhof
Definition
v.t. to cut lengthwise: to split: to cut into strips:—pr.p. slit′ting; pa.t. and pa.p. slit.—n. a long cut: a narrow opening.—n. Slit′ter anything which slits a slitting-shears for sheet-metal.—adj. Slit′tered cut into strips with square ends.—n. Slit′ting-mill an establishment in which metal plates are cut into strips for nail-making: a rotating disc used by gem-cutters for slitting: a gang-saw used for resawing lumber for blind-slats fence-pickets &c.
Edited by Beverly
Examples
- Pilar took her knife and slit his trouser leg down below the lefthand pocket. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- There was a long slit from top to bottom in each one. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- There was no slit through which a knife could be passed to raise the bar. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- The first ones had been caused by some one forcing an instrument through the slit between the sashes, and the second by the catch being pressed back. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- That tiny slit of a mouth and those puny white teeth! Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Another feature of the lock is the thin, flat keys with bevel-edged notchings, or with longitudinal sinuous corrugations to fit a narrow slit of a cylinder lock. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The swing skylights above the saloon table had been a bit open, and they had fired on us through the slit. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- In the sights were parallel slits, right, left, upper, lower. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- There were painted white chairs, with gilding and wreaths on them, and some lingering red silk damask with slits in it. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- It was lit within by slits under the eaves. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Their noses were but longitudinal slits in the center of their faces, midway between their mouths and ears. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- When the reflection is viewed in the looking glass through the slits, the figures rapidly passing in succession before the slits appear to have the movements of life. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- As the thern saw us his eyes narrowed to two nasty slits. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- He went into the cave with her and brought out the two sacks, carrying them held together in both arms so that nothing could spill from the slits. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The splint machines were for slitting a block of wood of the proper height downward nearly the whole way into match splints, leaving their butts in the solid wood. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- A comb-shaped slitted plate in the machine has then each slit filled with bristles, sufficient in number to form a single tuft. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
Editor: Pratt