slitting

We have found lemma(root) word of slitting : slit.

Definitions


[slɪt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a long, narrow cut or opening
(e.g: make a slit in the stem under a bud)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Old English slite (noun); related to Old English slītan ‘split, rend’ (of Germanic origin)


[slɪt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- make a long, narrow cut in
(e.g: give me the truth or I will slit your throat)

- form (one's eyes) into slits; squint
(e.g: she slitted her eyes to look at him)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Old English slite (noun); related to Old English slītan ‘split, rend’ (of Germanic origin)




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