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
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
knitting
present participle of knit
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
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, 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
22 December 2024
(noun) (plural) spectacles that are darkened or polarized to protect the eyes from the glare of the sun; “he was wearing a pair of mirrored shades”
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.
