slit
/ˈslɪt/ verb C2- To cut a narrow opening. · He slit the bag open and the rice began pouring out.
- To split into strips by lengthwise cuts.
- To cut; to sever; to divide.
He/she/it slits · Past slit · Past participle slit · -ing form slitting
Verb forms
- Base form
- slit
- He/she/it
- slits
- Past
- slit
- Past participle
- slit
- -ing form
- slitting
An irregular verb: learn its past and past participle by heart.
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“That’s Audley Court in there,” he said, pointing to a narrow slit in the line of dead-coloured brick.
There was no slit through which a knife could be passed to raise the bar.
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.
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