slit open an envelope
1slit — 1 verb past tense and past participle slit present participle slitting (T) to make a straight narrow cut in cloth, paper, skin etc: slit sth open (=open it by slitting it): Guy slit open the envelope. | slit sb s throat (=kill someone with a… …
2slit — [[t]slɪ̱t[/t]] slits, slitting (The form slit is used in the present tense and is the past tense and past participle.) 1) VERB If you slit something, you make a long narrow cut in it. [V n] They say somebody slit her throat... [V n with open] He… …
3slit — slit1 [slıt] v past tense and past participle slit present participle slitting [T] to make a straight narrow cut in cloth, paper, skin etc ▪ Guy slit open the envelope. slit sb s throat (=kill someone by cutting their throat) slit your wrists… …
4envelope — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ bulky, fat, thick ▪ large, small ▪ sealed ▪ return (AmE), self addressed …
5slit — I n. a narrow slit II v. (N; used with an adjective) she slit the envelope open * * * [slɪt] (N; used with an adjective) she slit the envelope open a narrow slit …
6slit — slit1 [ slıt ] noun count 1. ) a long narrow space in something: I could see them through the slit in the curtains. a skirt with a slit up the side a ) only before noun used about clothes and other things that have a long narrow space between… …
7slit — I UK [slɪt] / US noun [countable] Word forms slit : singular slit plural slits 1) a long narrow space in something I could see them through the slit in the curtains. a skirt with a slit up the side 2) a long thin cut Make a slit in the top of the …
8slit — [slɪt] noun [C] I a long narrow space or cut in something a skirt with a slit up the side[/ex] II (past tense past participle slit) verb [T] slit [slɪt] to make a long thin cut in something She grabbed the envelope and slit it open.[/ex] …
9star — starless, adj. /stahr/, n., adj., v., starred, starring. n. 1. any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night. 2. Astron. any of the large, self luminous, heavenly bodies, as the sun, Polaris,… …
10motion-picture technology — Introduction the means for the production and showing of motion pictures. It includes not only the motion picture camera and projector but also such technologies as those involved in recording sound, in editing both picture and sound, in… …