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verb (used with object)
1.
to make (a garment, fabric, etc.) by interlocking loops of one or more yarns either by hand with knitting needles or by machine.
2.
to join closely and firmly, as members or parts (often followed by together): The tragedy knitted the family closer together.
3.
to contract into folds or wrinkles: to knit the brow.
4.
to form or create from diverse sources or elements: She knitted her play from old folk tales and family anecdotes.
verb (used without object)
5.
to become closely and firmly joined together; grow together, as broken bones do.
6.
to contract into folds or wrinkles, as the brow.
7.
to become closely and intimately united.
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Origin:
before 1000; Middle English knitte, Old English cnyttan to tie; cognate with German knütten; see knot1
before 1000; Middle English knitte, Old English cnyttan to tie; cognate with German knütten; see knot1
Related forms
knit·ta·ble, adjective
knit·ter, noun
pre·knit, verb (used with object), pre·knit·ted or pre·knit, pre·knit·ting.
re·knit, verb, re·knit·ted or re·knit, re·knit·ting.
Synonyms
2. bind, link, unite.
2. bind, link, unite.
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Word Origin & History
knit
O.E. cnyttan "to tie with a knot, bind, fasten," related to O.N. knytja, M.L.G. knütten "to tie, knot," O.E. cnotta "a knot," from P.Gmc. *knuttjan, from stem *knutt-. Of brows, late 14c. Meaning "to do knitting" (especially plain stitch) is from 1530. Knitting "knitted work" attested from 1880.
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