[nit] 
verb, knit⋅ted or knit, knit⋅ting, noun | 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 fol. 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. |
| 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. |
| 8. | fabric produced by knitting. |
| 9. | a knitted garment. |
| 10. | a style or type of knitting. |
| 11. | 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 purl 1 (def. 3). |
