Definition of slit
: a long narrow cut or opening
slit
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Examples of slit in a Sentence
You could see through the slit in the fence.
The skirt has a slit on one side.
a dress with a slit skirt
Recent Examples of slit from the Web
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Knitwear can seem repetitive, but Victor Glemaud’s take on the staple is refreshing, with the cutout sections, slits, and perforations that are becoming his signature.
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Use a knife to cut a small slit in the top of each pie.
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And the larva also has pharyngeal slits, a feature found throughout the chordates and vertebrates.
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From the neck down, the couture was more inviting with its icy-blue and lavender blazers featuring unconventional slits and intricate beaded details that ask for more than a double take.
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The former Disney star wore a hot pink Ralph & Russo gown with a dangerously high slit, revealing nearly her entire leg.
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The playing field is a giant sand pit with a narrow slit constituting the goal running the width of each end.
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Margetis, who graduated from the community college in May, was born with schizencephaly, a rare birth defect that causes abnormal slits or clefts on the brain.
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At a pre-dinner cocktail gathering in Saint Petersburg, Russia, Megyn Kelly wore a designer cocktail dress with a high slit.
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Origin and Etymology of slit
Middle English, from slitten
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Definition of slit
slit
;slitting
transitive verb
1a : to make a slit inb : to cut off or away : severc : to form into a slit
2 : to cut into long narrow strips
slitter
nounExamples of slit in a Sentence
I slit the bag open at the top.
The bag of seeds had been slit open.
Recent Examples of slit from the Web
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According to legend, an undergraduate woman slit her wrists in Pratt Hall one fateful night while wearing a red robe.
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A Nestor resident opened the front door Friday morning to a bleeding stranger seeking help, saying his throat had been slit in an attack at Berry Park.
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An autopsy determined she had been beaten and strangled and that her throat had been slit.
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She was beaten, stabbed, and had slit her throat, court documents show.
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The series culminates in a graphic scene showing Baker slitting her wrists and bleeding out, which has angered many anti-suicide advocates.
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Lina Bolaños, 38, and Richard Field, 49, whose bodies were found at a luxury condominium in South Boston on Friday night — with their throats slit — by police responding to a call of an intruder, officials said.
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Origin and Etymology of slit
Middle English slitten; akin to Middle High German slitzen to slit, Old High German slīzan to tear apart, Old English sciell shell — more at shell
SLIT Defined for English Language Learners
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playDefinition of slit for English Language Learners
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: a long, narrow cut or opening in something
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Definition of slit for English Language Learners
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: to make a long, narrow cut or opening in (something) with a sharp object
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