slit

n.
A long, straight, narrow cut or opening.

tr.v., slit, slit·ting, slits.

1. To make a slit or slits in.
2. To cut lengthwise into strips; split.

[Middle English slitte, from slitten, to split, from Old English slītan, to cut up.]

slitter slit'ter n.
slitty slit'ty adj.

noun

The result of cutting: cut, gash, incision, slash, slice, split. See enter/exit, help/harm/harmless.

verb

1. To penetrate with a sharp edge: cut, gash, incise, pierce, slash. See enter/exit, help/harm/harmless.
2. To separate into parts with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument: carve, cleave¹, cut, dissever, sever, slice, split. See assemble/disassemble.

n

Definition: small opening, cut
Antonyms: closure

v

Definition: cut open
Antonyms: close, mend, sew

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - slids, flænge, spalte, brevsprække, brevlem
v. tr. - slidse, flænge, sprætte op, skære i strimler

Nederlands (Dutch)
gleuf, spleetje, split, scheur

Français (French)
n. - fente, fissure
v. tr. - fendre, faire une fente dans, déchirer

Deutsch (German)
n. - Schlitz
v. - (auf)schlitzen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - σχισμή, χαραμάδα
v. - κόβω σε λωρίδες, σχίζω/-ομαι, κόβω/-ομαι

Italiano (Italian)
fessura, crepa, spacco

Português (Portuguese)
n. - fenda (f), corte (m), incisão (f)
v. - cortar, rachar, rasgar

Русский (Russian)
шель, прорез, узкое окно, разрезать вдоль, нарезать узкими полосами, делать разрез, рваться, расщеплять, сужать

Español (Spanish)
n. - ranura, hendidura, surco, raja, abertura
v. tr. - hacer una hendidura en, hender, partir, rajar, cortar, dividir

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - reva, rämna, skåra, snitt, sprund, springa, öppning, skottglugg
v. - skära upp, sprätta upp, klippa upp, fläka upp, klyva, göra en reva i

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
裂缝, 狭长的裂口, 投币口, 切开, 使成狭缝, 扯裂

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 裂縫, 狹長的裂口, 投幣口
v. tr. - 切開, 使成狹縫, 扯裂

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 길게 째진 상처, (자동 판매기 등의) 동전구멍, (스커트나 포켓의) 슬릿
v. tr. - 가느다랗게 베다, 길게 찢은 자리를 내다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 長い切り口, 細長い孔, 硬貨差し入れ口
v. - 切り開く, 細長く切る
adj. - 細長い, スリットのある

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) كوة مستطيله, شق طولي (فعل) يقطع, يشق طوليا‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮חתך, חריץ, סדק‬
v. tr. - ‮עשה חריץ, נחתך‬

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