Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to slit
Participle: slit
Gerund: slitting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | slit |
| you | slit |
| he;she;it | slits |
| we | slit |
| you | slit |
| they | slit |
Perfect
| I | have slit; slitted |
| you | have slit; slitted |
| he;she;it | has slit; slitted |
| we | have slit; slitted |
| you | have slit; slitted |
| they | have slit; slitted |
Past
| I | slit |
| you | slit |
| he;she;it | slit |
| we | slit |
| you | slit |
| they | slit |
Pluperfect
| I | had slit; slitted |
| you | had slit; slitted |
| he;she;it | had slit; slitted |
| we | had slit; slitted |
| you | had slit; slitted |
| they | had slit; slitted |
Future
| I | will slit |
| you | will slit |
| he;she;it | will slit |
| we | will slit |
| you | will slit |
| they | will slit |
Future Perfect
| I | will have slit; slitted |
| you | will have slit; slitted |
| he;she;it | will have slit; slitted |
| we | will have slit; slitted |
| you | will have slit; slitted |
| they | will have slit; slitted |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | slit |
| you | slit |
| he;she;it | slit |
| we | slit |
| you | slit |
| they | slit |
Perfect
| I | have slit; slitted |
| you | have slit; slitted |
| he;she;it | have slit; slitted |
| we | have slit; slitted |
| you | have slit; slitted |
| they | have slit; slitted |
Imperfect
| I | slit |
| you | slit |
| he;she;it | slit |
| we | slit |
| you | slit |
| they | slit |
Pluperfect
| I | had slit; slitted |
| you | had slit; slitted |
| he;she;it | had slit; slitted |
| we | had slit; slitted |
| you | had slit; slitted |
| they | had slit; slitted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would slit |
| you | would slit |
| he;she;it | would slit |
| we | would slit |
| you | would slit |
| they | would slit |
Perfect
| I | would have slit; slitted |
| you | would have slit; slitted |
| he;she;it | would have slit; slitted |
| we | would have slit; slitted |
| you | would have slit; slitted |
| they | would have slit; slitted |
Imperative
| you | slit |
| we | Let's slit |
| you | slit |
Verbs conjugated like 'slit'
beset,
broadcast,
burst,
bust,
cost,
crosscut,
cut,
forecast,
hit,
hurt,
inset,
let,
misread,
overset,
overspread,
put,
read,
rebroadcast,
recut,
relet, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'slit'
blit,
clit,
flit,
lit,
shit,
sit,
skit,
slat,
slim,
slip,
Additional Information
Cf. Old English strong verb slītan
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. O.E.
slitan "cut or tear up, slit," from P.Gmc.
*slitanan (cf. O.S.
slitan, O.N.
slita, M.L.G., M.Du.
sliten, Du.
slijten, O.H.G.
slizan, Ger.
schleißen "to slit"). The noun is attested from c.1250. Slang sense of "vulva" is attested from 1648.
Slit skirt is attested from 1913.
2. From Middle English slitten, from Old English slītan, from Proto-Germanic *slītaną (“to tear apart”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)leyd- (“to tear, rend (cut apart), split apart”). Possibly cognate with Latin laed- (“to strike, hurt, injure”). Doublet of slite; also related to slice through French borrowing. Apparently unrelated to English slot, whose etymology, however, is uncertain. See: Proto-Germanic '
*slītaną', Latin '
laedo'.
Verbs referencing "slit"
Danish
slide, Luxembourgish
schläissen.
Sample Sentences
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He slit the bag open and the rice began pouring out.
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And slits the thin-spun life. [1637 (date written; published 1638), John Milton, “Lycidas”, in Poems of Mr. John Milton, […], London: […] Ruth Raworth for Humphrey Mosely, […], published 1646, →OCLC:]