knit, knitting, knitwork
(noun) needlework created by interlacing yarn in a series of connected loops using straight eyeless needles or by machine
knit, knit stitch, plain, plain stitch
(noun) a basic knitting stitch made by putting the needle through the front of the stitch from the lefthand side
knit
(noun) a fabric made by knitting
pucker, rumple, cockle, crumple, knit
(verb) to gather something into small wrinkles or folds; “She puckered her lips”
knit
(verb) make (textiles) by knitting; “knit a scarf”
knit, entwine
(verb) tie or link together
Source: WordNet® 3.1
knit (third-person singular simple present knits, present participle knitting, simple past and past participle knitted or knit)
(ambitransitive) To turn thread or yarn into a piece of fabric by forming loops that are pulled through each other. This can be done by hand with needles or by machine.
(figuratively, transitive) To join closely and firmly together.
(intransitive) To become closely and firmly joined; become compacted.
(intransitive) To grow together.
(transitive) To combine from various elements.
(intransitive) Of bones: to heal following a fracture.
(transitive) To form into a knot, or into knots; to tie together, as cord; to fasten by tying.
(transitive) To draw together; to contract into wrinkles.
knit (plural knits)
A knitted garment.
A session of knitting.
• tink
Source: Wiktionary
Knit, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Knit or Knitted; p. pr. & vb. n. Knitting.] Etym: [OE. knitten, knutten, As. cnyttan, fr. cnotta knot; akin to Icel. kn, Sw. knyta, Dan. knytte. See Knot.]
1. To form into a knot, or into knots; to tie together, as cord; to fasten by tying. A great sheet knit at the four corners. Acts x. 11. When your head did but ache, I knit my handkercher about your brows. Shak.
2. To form, as a textile fabric, by the interlacing of yarn or thread in a series of connected loops, by means of needles, either by hand or by machinery; as, to knit stockings.
3. To join; to cause to grow together. Nature can not knit the bones while the parts are under a discharge. Wiseman.
4. To unite closely; to connect; to engage; as, hearts knit together in love. Thy merit hath my duty strongly knit. Shak. Come , knit hands, and beat the ground, In a light fantastic round. Milton. A link among the days, toknit The generations each to each. Tennyson.
5. To draw together; to contract into wrinkles. knits his brow and shows an angry eye. Shak.
Knit, v. i.
1. To form a fabric by interlacing yarn or thread; to weave by making knots or loops.
2. To be united closely; to grow together; as, broken bones will in time knit and become sound. To knit up, to wind up; to conclude; to come to a close. "It remaineth to knit up briefly with the nature and compass of the seas." [Obs.] Holland.
Knit, n.
Definition: Union knitting; texture. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 December 2024
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