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The concern we have is that if somebody from our side gets captured they are going to get their throats slit.
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Meaning of "slit" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SLIT

Old English slītan to slice; related to Old Norse slita, Old High German slīzen.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF SLIT

slit  [slɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SLIT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Slit is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb slit in English.

WHAT DOES SLIT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Slit

Slit may refer to: ▪ a straight and narrow opening, particularly used in spectroscopy ▪ Slit, in genetics, the midline repellent signaling molecule ▪ The process of slitting, in which large rolls of material are rewound and cut into narrower rolls of material ▪ Slit trench, a defensive preparation in warfare ▪ Slit throat, a knife wound to the neck and/or throat ▪ Caso Degollados, a Chilean politically motivated crime and political scandal ▪ Slit, a feature of Blackbox and similar X window managers that allows for applications to hide along the edge of a computer display ▪ SLIT, Sublingual immunotherapy ▪ Slang for the vagina...

Definition of slit in the English dictionary

The first definition of slit in the dictionary is to make a straight long incision in; split open. Other definition of slit is to cut into strips lengthwise. Slit is also to sever.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO SLIT

PRESENT

Present
I slit
you slit
he/she/it slits
we slit
you slit
they slit
Present continuous
I am slitting
you are slitting
he/she/it is slitting
we are slitting
you are slitting
they are slitting
Present perfect
I have slitted
you have slitted
he/she/it has slitted
we have slitted
you have slitted
they have slitted
Present perfect continuous
I have been slitting
you have been slitting
he/she/it has been slitting
we have been slitting
you have been slitting
they have been slitting
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I slitted
you slitted
he/she/it slitted
we slitted
you slitted
they slitted
Past continuous
I was slitting
you were slitting
he/she/it was slitting
we were slitting
you were slitting
they were slitting
Past perfect
I had slitted
you had slitted
he/she/it had slitted
we had slitted
you had slitted
they had slitted
Past perfect continuous
I had been slitting
you had been slitting
he/she/it had been slitting
we had been slitting
you had been slitting
they had been slitting
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will slit
you will slit
he/she/it will slit
we will slit
you will slit
they will slit
Future continuous
I will be slitting
you will be slitting
he/she/it will be slitting
we will be slitting
you will be slitting
they will be slitting
Future perfect
I will have slitted
you will have slitted
he/she/it will have slitted
we will have slitted
you will have slitted
they will have slitted
Future perfect continuous
I will have been slitting
you will have been slitting
he/she/it will have been slitting
we will have been slitting
you will have been slitting
they will have been slitting
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would slit
you would slit
he/she/it would slit
we would slit
you would slit
they would slit
Conditional continuous
I would be slitting
you would be slitting
he/she/it would be slitting
we would be slitting
you would be slitting
they would be slitting
Conditional perfect
I would have slit
you would have slit
he/she/it would have slit
we would have slit
you would have slit
they would have slit
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been slitting
you would have been slitting
he/she/it would have been slitting
we would have been slitting
you would have been slitting
they would have been slitting
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you slit
we let´s slit
you slit
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to slit
Past participle
slitted
Present Participle
slitting
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SLIT


Bartlett
ˈbɑːtlɪt
billet
ˈbɪlɪt
booklet
ˈbʊklɪt
bracelet
ˈbreɪslɪt
bullet
ˈbʊlɪt
chocolate
ˈtʃɒkəlɪt
clit
klɪt
lit
lɪt
palette
ˈpælɪt
pallet
ˈpælɪt
scarlet
ˈskɑːlɪt
servlet
ˈsɜːvlɪt
split
splɪt
tablet
ˈtæblɪt
template
ˈtɛmplɪt
toilet
ˈtɔɪlɪt
ultraviolet
ˌʌltrəˈvaɪəlɪt
valet
ˈvælɪt
violet
ˈvaɪəlɪt
wallet
ˈwɒlɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SLIT

slipslop
slipsloppy
slipsole
slipstream
slipt
slipware
slipway
slish
slit pocket
slit skirt
slit trench
slit-eyed
slither
slitherier
slitheriest
slithery
slitless
slitlike
slitter
slitty

WORDS THAT END LIKE SLIT

alit
backlit
banana split
candlelit
chick lit
Dalit
flit
floodlit
greenlit
lickety-split
moonlit
relit
skylit
starlit
sunlit
tallit
twilit
unlit
unsplit
whatchamacallit

Synonyms and antonyms of slit in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «SLIT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «slit» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of slit
aperture · chink · crack · cut · fissure · gash · incision · knife · lance · opening · pierce · rent · rip · slash · space · split · tear

Translation of «slit» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SLIT

Find out the translation of slit to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of slit from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «slit» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

切开
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

rajar
570 millions of speakers

English

slit
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

भट्ठा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

شق
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

щель
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

cortar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

চেরা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

ouvrir
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Celah
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

aufschlitzen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

細長く切れ目を入れる
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

길게 베다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Irisan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

khe
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பிளவு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

चिखल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yarık
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

fendere
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

szczelina
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

щілину
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

fantă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σχισμή
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

spleet
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

slits
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

slit
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of slit

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SLIT»

The term «slit» is very widely used and occupies the 16.476 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SLIT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «slit» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «slit» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about slit

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5 QUOTES WITH «SLIT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word slit.
1
Joan Allen
It's such a great feeling to make people laugh. I know I've made people cry or want to slit their wrists, but to make people laugh is a very intoxicating, wonderful thing.
2
Brooke Astor
'21' was the place, and you went down, and they opened the door. They had a little slit they'd look through, and then you'd murmur the password or whatever it was you had, showed a little ticket, and if they remembered who you were, you went in.
3
Lizzy Caplan
I don't think you should be allowed to eat in a restaurant if you haven't waited tables at least once. It's so irritating when I see people being rude to waiters, like, it makes me want to slit their throats! Like, really? You're really this inconsiderate?
4
Jose A. Rodriguez, Jr.
The concern we have is that if somebody from our side gets captured they are going to get their throats slit.
5
Douglas Trumbull
My particular aesthetic of light and color and design wouldn't change as a result of working with computer graphics rather than with slit scan or miniatures.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SLIT»

Discover the use of slit in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to slit and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Slit Lamp Primer
The Slit Lamp Primer is the complete book on the slit lamp for the ophthalmic and optometric office.
Janice K. Ledford, Valerie N. Sanders, 2006
2
The Hardy Space of a Slit Domain
Beginning with an exposition of Hardy spaces of slit domains, this book proceeds to several descriptions of the invariant subspaces of the operator multiplication by z.
Alexandru Aleman, Nathan S. Feldman, William T. Ross, 2010
3
Slit-Faced Bats
Slit-faced bats are one of more than 900 species of bats. There are 13 species in their family. Bats are second only to rodents in their number of species. Slit-faced bats have a slit that divides their muzzle. The slit creates a cavity in the bat's ...
Jill C. Wheeler, 2005
4
A Contemporary Study of Musical Arts: Informed by African ...
Step i The wooden slit drum is a one-piece music instrument. It is carved out of a single block of wood. A hollow, resonating chamber is dug in the log to furnish two sounding lips. The construction of the resonating chamber may or may not ...
Meki Nzewi, Odyke Nzewi, 2007
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The Eye Exam: A Complete Guide
The slit lamp biomicroscope is more amazing than it appears at first blush. First, it magnifies whatever it is you are looking at. That is pretty basic, and I think most people understand how that works pretty well. Second, it illuminates whatever it ...
Gary S. Schwartz, 2006
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Colloidal Dispersions Under Slit-Pore Confinement
For small surface potentials (0 mV 5 It/JSI 5 40 mV) the confining surface potential dominated the particle-wall repulsion and led to an exclusion of particles from the slit-pore. The opposite behavior occurred when lipsl Z 40 mV because the ...
Yan Zeng, 2012
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Textbook of Ophthalmology
Amar Agarwal HISTORY In 1911, Alvar Gullstrand, invented the slit lamp. He is the only ophthalmologist who has won a nobel prize. He did not win it for inventing the slit lamp, rather he won it for the theory of diffraction. BASICS To understand ...
Sunita Agarwal, Athiya Agarwal, Lucio Buratto, 2002
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Axon Growth and Guidance
In addition, axons from Rigl knockout exhibit a premature response to Slit. In the spinal cord and hindbrain,91 Rigl seems to function as an inhibitor of Slit signaling in precrossing axons. Accordingly, there is a significant rescue of midline ...
Dominique Bagnard, 2008
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13th International Conference on Biomedical Engineering: ...
Diagnosis of Diabetic Retinopathy through Slit Lamp Images J. David1, A. Sukesh Kumar2 and V.V. Vineeth1 College of Engineering, Trivandrum, India 1 College of Engineering, Trivandrum, India Chwee Teck Lim, James C.H. Goh ( Eds.): ...
Chwee Teck Lim, James Goh Cho Hong, 2009
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Textbook of Pediatric Emergency Procedures
INTRODUCTION Slit lamp biomicroscopy is a diagnostic procedure that requires experience and specific skills. It is unlikely that the majority of pediatricians and emergency physicians will have the opportunity to repetitively use the slit lamp ...
Christopher King, Fred M. Henretig, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SLIT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term slit is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Baby found dead in Newcastle with throat slit
A SENAGALESE woman will undergo a mental health assessment after her six-week-old baby girl was found with her throat slit near Newcastle. The woman's ... «The Daily Telegraph, Jul 15»
2
Former attorney admits he slit family dog's throat in 2012
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - Authorities say a former Birmingham attorney admitted to having slit the throat of his family's dog in 2012. Al.com (http://bit.ly/1IGxdbf ) ... «Washington Times, Jul 15»
3
ALK's partner, MSD, publishes Phase II data on house dust mite …
The study was conducted at a single site in Vienna, Austria and forms part of Merck's clinical development program for the HDM SLIT-tablet in North America. «Business Wire, Jun 15»
4
Chrissy Teigen: Wardrobe Malfunction 'Of The Highest Caliber' At …
However, the gown also included a slit right up the middle, which was perfect to help her show off some leg, but caused some trouble as the evening went on! «Hollywood Life, Jun 15»
5
US slams Gambia's president for threatening to slit the throats of gay …
In a public speech this month, Jammeh said he would slit the throats of men who wanted to marry other men in the small West African nation, according to ... «Raw Story, May 15»
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Gambia's president threatens to slit the throats of gay men
"If you do it [in Gambia] I will slit your throat," Jammeh said. "If you are a man and want to marry another man in this country and we catch you, no one will ever ... «Washington Post, May 15»
7
Attorney: Omaha man accused in brother's death slit his neck
He had died of multiple stab wounds and from his throat being slit. Stephen Russell was charged with first-degree murder and use of a deadly weapon to commit ... «Lincoln Journal Star, Apr 15»
8
Cook slits student's throat after quarrel in car
State deputy CID chief Asst Comm Fadzil Ahmat said UiTM Permatang Pauh student Nursyuhada Johari, 20, had her throat slit during the 11.55am incident ... «The Star Online, Feb 15»
9
Four kids among 6 found with throats slit in Meerut
All children had their throats slit. The police were still gathering clues when they got the news that two bodies, a woman and a man, were found about 3km from ... «Times of India, Jan 15»
10
Court hears Khmer Rouge soldiers slit prisoner throats and ate …
A witness has told Cambodia's UN-backed court that Khmer Rouge soldiers slit prisoners' throats and ate their gall bladders during the 1970s, as the genocide ... «ABC Online, Jan 15»

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