(~s, ~ting)
Note: The form '~' is used in the present tense and is the past tense and past participle.
1.
If you ~ something, you make a long narrow cut in it.
They say somebody ~ her throat...
He began to ~ open each envelope...
She was wearing a white dress ~ to the thigh.
VERB: V n, V n with open , V-ed to/from n
2.
A ~ is a long narrow cut.
Make a ~ in the stem about half an inch long.
N-COUNT: oft N in n
3.
A ~ is a long narrow opening in something.
She watched them through a ~ in the curtains.
N-COUNT: oft N in n