knit

[ nit ]
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verb (used with object),knit·ted or knit, knit·ting.
  1. Knitting. 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.

  1. to contract into folds or wrinkles: to knit the brow.

  2. to form or create from diverse sources or elements: She knitted her play from old folk tales and family anecdotes.

verb (used without object),knit·ted or knit, knit·ting.
  1. to become closely and firmly joined together; grow together, as broken bones do.

  2. to contract into folds or wrinkles, as the brow.

  1. to become closely and intimately united.

nounKnitting.
  1. fabric produced by knitting.

  2. a knitted garment.

  1. a style or type of knitting.

  2. the basic stitch in knitting, formed by pulling a loop of the working yarn forward through an existing stitch and then slipping that stitch off the needle.: Compare purl1 (def. 3).

Origin of knit

1
before 1000; Middle English knitte,Old English cnyttan to tie; cognate with German knütten;see knot1

Other words for knit

Other words from knit

  • 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.

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How to use knit in a sentence

  • Brief as was this interchange of politenesses, it sufficed to knit together the souls of the seaman and the small boy.

    The Garret and the Garden | R.M. Ballantyne
  • Nansen and his crew will prove, we are confident, as firmly knit together as the timbers of the “Fram” herself.

  • They were knit together in a strict and sacred bond, to take care of the good of each other and of the whole.

    Orations | John Quincy Adams
  • Is not his flesh and blood the same as thine, his body as well knit together as thine, and as well suited to its purposes?

    The Norsemen in the West | R.M. Ballantyne
  • These are the two motifs, knit together by no shred of logical connection, which form the threads on which the drama is hung.

    Modernities | Horace Barnett Samuel

British Dictionary definitions for knit

knit

/ (nɪt) /


verbknits, knitting, knitted or knit
  1. to make (a garment, etc) by looping and entwining (yarn, esp wool) by hand by means of long eyeless needles (knitting needles) or by machine (knitting machine)

  2. to join or be joined together closely

  1. to draw (the brows) together or (of the brows) to come together, as in frowning or concentrating

  2. (of a broken bone) to join together; heal

noun
    • a fabric or garment made by knitting

    • (in combination): a heavy knit

Origin of knit

1
Old English cnyttan to tie in; related to Middle Low German knütten to knot together; see knot 1

Derived forms of knit

  • knittable, adjective
  • knitter, noun

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