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cro⋅chet

[kroh-shey; Brit. kroh-shey, -shee]

noun, verb, -cheted [-sheyd; Brit. -sheyd, -sheed]

,
-chet⋅ing [-shey-ing; Brit. -shey-ing, -shee-ing]

–noun

1.	needlework done with a needle having a small hook at one end for drawing the thread or yarn through intertwined loops.

–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)

2.	to form by crochet.

Origin:
1840–50; < F: knitting needle, lit., small hook, dim. of croche, croc < ME or Scand. See crook ¹ , -et

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Language Translation for : Crochet

Spanish:

hacer croché, hacer labor de ganchillo,

German:

häkeln,

Japanese:

かぎ針編みする

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cro·chet (krō-shā') Pronunciation Key

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v.   cro·cheted (-shād'), cro·chet·ing (-shā'ĭng), cro·chets (-shāz')

v.   intr.
To make a piece of needlework by looping thread with a hooked needle.
v.   tr.
To make by looping thread with a hooked needle: crochet a sweater.
n.   Needlework made by looping thread with a hooked needle.

[French crocheter, from Old French crochet, hook, diminutive of croche, feminine of croc, of Germanic origin.]
cro·chet'er (-shā'ər) n.

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crochet

1846, from Fr. crochet, dim. of croc "hook," from O.N. krokr "hook." So called for the hooked needle used.

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crochet
noun
1.	needlework done by interlocking looped stitches with a hooked needle
verb
1.	create by looping or crocheting; "crochet a bedspread"
2.	make a piece of needlework by interlocking and looping thread with a hooked needle; "She sat there crocheting all day"

Crochet

Cro*chet"\ (kr?-sh?"), n. [F. crochet small hook. See Croche.] 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.

Crochet

Cro*chet"\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Crocheted (sh[=a]d"); p. pr. & vb. n. Crocheting (-sh[=a]"[i^]ng).] To knit with a crochet needle or hook; as, to crochet a shawl.