knitted
(adjective) made by intertwining threads in a series of connected loops rather than by weaving; “knitted garments”; “a hand-knitted sweater”
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
knitted (not comparable)
Made by knitting, or resembling in texture something made by knitting.
knitted
simple past tense and past participle of knit
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 November 2024
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
