different between lacerate vs slit

English

Etymology

From Middle English laceraten, from Latin lacer?tus, past participle of lacer?.

Pronunciation

• (verb): IPA^(key): /?læ.s?.ejt/
• (verb): Hyphenation: lac?er?ate
• (adjective): IPA^(key): /?læ.s?.?t/

Verb

lacerate (third-person singular simple present lacerates, present participle lacerating, simple past and past participle lacerated)

1. (transitive) To tear, rip or wound.
2. (transitive) To defeat thoroughly; to thrash.

Translations

Adjective

lacerate (not comparable)

1. (botany) Jagged, as if torn or lacerated.

   The bract at the base is dry and papery, often lacerate near its apex.

Italian

Verb

lacerate

1. second-person plural present indicative of lacerare
2. second-person plural imperative of lacerare
3. feminine plural of lacerato

Latin

Participle

lacer?te

1. vocative masculine singular of lacer?tus

English

Etymology

From Old English sl?tan, from Proto-Germanic *sl?tan? (“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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sl?t/
• Rhymes: -?t

Noun

slit (plural slits)

1. A narrow cut or opening; a slot.
2. (vulgar, slang) The opening of the vagina.
3. (vulgar, slang, derogatory) A woman, usually a sexually loose woman; a prostitute.

Derived terms

• slit drum

Translations

Verb

slit (third-person singular simple present slits, present participle slitting, simple past slit, past participle slit or (obsolete) slitten)

1. To cut a narrow opening.

   He slit the bag open and the rice began pouring out.

2. To split into strips by lengthwise cuts.
3. (transitive) To cut; to sever; to divide.

Translations

Adjective

slit (not comparable)

1. Having a cut narrow opening

Anagrams

• &lits, List, list, lits, silt, tils

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse *slit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stl??t/
• Rhymes: -??t

Noun

slit n (genitive singular slits, no plural)

1. wear and tear

Declension

Anagrams

• list

See also

• slitna

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

slit

1. imperative of slite

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

slit

1. inflection of slita:
   1. present
   2. imperative

Swedish

Noun

slit n

1. toil, labour

Declension

Verb

slit

1. imperative of slita.

Anagrams

• list, lits, stil

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse slíta, from Proto-Germanic *sl?tan?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sli?t/, /²?li?t/ (example of pronunciation)

  Rhymes: -ì?t

Verb

slit (preterite släit, supine sliti or slittä)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To tear.

Related terms

• slet