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slit

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For the verb: "to slit"

Simple Past:	slit
Past Participle:	slit

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
slit/slɪt/

▶noun a long, narrow cut or opening. ▶verb (slits, slitting, slit)

1 make a slit in.
■ cut into strips.

2 (past and past part. slitted) form (one's eyes) into slits.

– derivatives
slitter noun.

– origin OE slite (n.); rel. to OE slītan ‘split, rend’ (of Gmc origin).

'slit' also found in these Oxford entries:

buttonhole - cheongsam - expanded - glottis - graft - hagfish - kerf - loophole - placket - poncho - slice - slit trench - slot - tawse - uncut - vent - vocal cords

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