KNITTING

knitting

(noun) creating knitted wear

knit, knitting, knitwork

(noun) needlework created by interlacing yarn in a series of connected loops using straight eyeless needles or by machine

KNIT

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

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Etymology

Verb

knitting

present participle of knit

Noun

knitting (countable and uncountable, plural knittings)

The action of the verb to knit; the process of producing knitted material.

Material that has been, or is being knitted.

(rail transport, informal, UK) overhead electrification wires, OHLE

Source: Wiktionary

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Knit"ting, n.

1. The work of a knitter; the network formed by knitting.

2. Union formed by knitting, as of bones. Knitting machine, one of a number of contrivances for mechanically knitting stockings, jerseys, and the like.

– Knitting , a stiff rod, as of steel wire, with rounded ends for knitting yarn or threads into a fabric, as in stockings.

– Knitting sheath, a sheath to receive the end of a needle in knitting.

KNIT

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

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