crochet, crocheting
(noun) needlework done by interlocking looped stitches with a hooked needle
crochet, hook
(verb) make a piece of needlework by interlocking and looping thread with a hooked needle; “She sat there crocheting all day”
crochet
(verb) create by looping or crocheting; “crochet a bedspread”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
crochet (plural crochets)
Needlework made by looping thread with a hooked needle.
A certain crest of enamel on the molar teeth of some rhinoceros.
crochet (third-person singular simple present crochets, present participle crocheting, simple past and past participle crocheted)
(ambitransitive) To make (a piece of) needlework using a hooked needle; to make interlocking loops of thread.
Crochet (plural Crochets)
A surname.
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Crochet is the 12333rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2521 individuals. Crochet is most common among White (94.21%) individuals.
Source: Wiktionary
Cro*chet" (kr-sh"), n. Etym: [F. crochet small hook. See Croche.]
Definition: A kind of knitting done by means of a hooked needle, with worsted, silk, or cotton; crochet work. Commonly used adjectively. Crochet hook, Crochet needle, a small hook, or a hooked needle (often of bone), used in crochet work.
Cro*chet", v. t. & i. [imp. & p.p. Crocheted (shd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Crocheting (-sh"ng).]
Definition: To knit with a crochet needle or hook; as, to rochett a shawl.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
6 May 2024
(noun) freedom of choice; “liberty of opinion”; “liberty of worship”; “liberty--perfect liberty--to think or feel or do just as one pleases”; “at liberty to choose whatever occupation one wishes”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
