slitverb [ T ]
uk/slɪt/us/slɪt/present participle slitting, past tense and past participle slitto make a long, straight, narrow cut in something:
He slit open the envelope with a knife.
She killed herself by slitting her wrists.
He was found the next day with his throat slit.
She was wearing one of those skirts that's slit up the front.
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Cutting and stabbing
- abrasion
- bayonet
- carve
- carving
- chisel
- coppice
- cut sth down
- laceration
- lance
- mow
- nick
- notch
- saw sth down
- scratch
- slash
- slice
- spike
- trim
- whittle
- woodcarving
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slitnoun [ C ]
uk/slɪt/us/slɪt/a straight, narrow cut or opening in something:
Make a small slit in each chicken breast and push in a piece of garlic.
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Holes, hollows and dips
- aperture
- cleft
- cranny
- dent
- depression
- dimple
- dip
- donga
- eyehole
- intake
- orifice
- perforation
- pinhole
- pit
- porosity
- porous
- puncture
- riddled
- tear 1
- wormhole
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Cutting and stabbing