slite

English

Alternative forms

• sleight, slight
• slyte (Scotland)

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English (deprecated template usage) sliten, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English slītan (“to slit, tear, rend, shiver, split, rend to pieces, cleave, divide”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *slītaną (“to tear”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *skleid-, *(s)kel- (“to cut, trim”). Cognate with (deprecated template usage) [etyl] North Frisian (deprecated template usage) slitten, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Dutch (deprecated template usage) slijten, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] German (deprecated template usage) schleißen, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Swedish (deprecated template usage) slita.

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /slaɪt/

Verb

slite (third-person singular simple present slites, present participle sliting, simple past slit, slote or slited, past participle slit, slitten, or slited)

1. (deprecated template usage) (transitive, dialectal) To slit; tear or rip up.
2. (deprecated template usage) (transitive, dialectal) To wear away (clothes).

Noun

slite (uncountable)

1. (deprecated template usage) (dialectal) The act or process of ripping up; rending; wear and tear.

Anagrams

• IELTS
• islet
• liest
• stile
• tiles