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- [slit]
- /slɪt/
- /slɪt/
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- [slit]
- /slɪt/
Definitions of slit word
- verb with object slit to cut apart or open along a line; make a long cut, fissure, or opening in. 1
- verb with object slit to cut or rend into strips; split. 1
- noun slit a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture. 1
- noun slit narrow opening 1
- transitive verb slit cut a slit 1
- noun slit female genitals 1
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Origin of slit
First appearance:
before 1175 One of the 8% oldest English words
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
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Parts of speech for Slit
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
slit popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 94% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
slit usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for slit
noun slit
- aperture — An aperture is a narrow hole or gap.
- breach — If you breach an agreement, a law, or a promise, you break it.
- channel — A channel is a television station.
- chink — A chink in a surface is a very narrow crack or opening in it.
- cleft — A cleft in a rock or in the ground is a narrow opening in it.
verb slit
- branched — a division or subdivision of the stem or axis of a tree, shrub, or other plant.
- branching — the occurrence of several decay paths (branches) in the disintegration of a particular nuclide or the de-excitation of an excited atom. The branching fraction (nuclear) or branching ratio (atomic) is the proportion of the disintegrating nuclei that follow a particular branch to the total number of disintegrating nuclides
- break through — If you break through a barrier, you succeed in forcing your way through it.
- chine — the backbone
- chining — the backbone or spine, especially of an animal.
adj slit
- fractured — the breaking of a bone, cartilage, or the like, or the resulting condition. Compare comminuted fracture, complete fracture, compound fracture, greenstick fracture, simple fracture.
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