| Main Entry: | slit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cut open |
Synonyms: |
gash, incise, knife, lance, pierce, rip, sever, slash, slice, slot, split open, tear |
Antonyms: |
close, mend, sew |
| Main Entry: | cut |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sever, chop with sharp instrument; incise |
Synonyms: |
amputate, behead, bisect, bite, carve, chine, chip, chisel, cleave, clip, crop, curtail, decussate, dice, dispatch, dissect, dissever, divide, facet, fell, flitch, gash, guillotine, hack, hash, hew, intersect, lacerate, lay open, level, lop, massacre, mince, mow, mow down, nick, notch, part, penetrate, perforate, pierce, prune, puncture, quarter, rabbet, raze, reap, rend, rip, rive, saber, saw, scarify, scissor, score, scythe, separate, shave, shear, sickle, skive, slash, slaughter, slay, slice, slit, sliver, snip |
| Main Entry: | gash |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cut by slicing |
Synonyms: |
carve, cleave, furrow, gouge, incise, injure, lacerate, lance, mark, nip, notch, pierce, rend, slash, slit, split, tear, wound |
| Main Entry: | lance |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pierce |
Synonyms: |
bore, cut, cut into, gash, gore, incise, penetrate, prick, puncture, slash, slice, slit, stab, stick into |
| Main Entry: | mangle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mutilate, deform |
Synonyms: |
batter, break, bruise, butcher, carve, contort, crush, cut, damage, deface, destroy, disfigure, distort, flay, hack, hash, impair, injure, lacerate, maim, mar, maul, rend, ruin, separate, slash, slay, slice, slit, spoil, tear, wound, wreck |
Antonyms: |
cure, heal, help, preserve |
| Main Entry: | nick |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
| Definition: | chip, scratch |
Synonyms: |
cut, damage, dent, dint, indent, jag, knock, mark, mill, notch, scar, score, slit |
| Main Entry: | open |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | clear, expose; spread |
Synonyms: |
bare, break in, break out, broach, burst, bust in, come apart, crack, disclose, display, disrupt, expand, fissure, free, gap, gape, hole, jimmy, kick in, lacerate, lance, penetrate, perforate, pierce, pop, puncture, release, reveal, rupture, separate, sever, slit, slot, split, tap, throw wide, unbar, unblock, unbolt, unclose, unclothe, uncork, uncover, undo, unfasten, unfold, unfurl, unlatch, unlock, unroll, unseal, unshut, unstop, untie, unwrap, vent, ventilate, yawn, yawp |
Antonyms: |
block, bury, cover, exclude, hide, hinder, shut |
| Main Entry: | perforate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make a hole in |
Synonyms: |
bore, drill, drive, hole, honeycomb, penetrate, permeate, pierce, pit, poke full of holes, probe, punch, puncture, shoot full of holes, slit, stab |
Antonyms: |
close up |
| Main Entry: | pierce |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cut, penetrate |
Synonyms: |
bore, break, break in, break through, cleave, crack, crack open, drill, enter, gash, incise, intrude, pass through, perforate, plow, prick, probe, puncture, run through, slash, slice, slit, spike, stab, stick into, transfix |
Antonyms: |
sew up |
| Main Entry: | prick |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stab, perforate |
Synonyms: |
bore, cut, drill, enter, hurt, jab, lance, pierce, pink, punch, puncture, slash, slit, smart, spur, sting |