Knit

/nɪt/ · verb

Meaning

(ambitransitive) To turn thread or yarn into a piece of fabric by forming loops that are pulled through each other. This can be done by hand with needles or by machine..

Definitions by Sense

1. (ambitransitive) To turn thread or yarn into a piece of fabric by forming loops that are pulled through each other. This can be done by hand with needles or by machine.
2. (ambitransitive) To create a stitch by pulling the working yarn through an existing stitch from back to front.
3. (figuratively, transitive) To join closely and firmly together.
4. (intransitive) To become closely and firmly joined; become compacted.
5. (intransitive) To grow together.
6. (transitive) To combine from various elements.
7. (intransitive, of bones) To heal following a fracture.
8. (transitive) To form into a knot, or into knots; to tie together, as cord; to fasten by tying.

Example Sentences

to knit a stocking

The first generation knitted to order; the second still knits for its own use; the next leaves knitting to industrial manufacturers.

I knitted swatches in a cable pattern to see how the different hapazome tachniques and yarn weights affected the appearance of the cables.

Stitches that are knitted look like little V’s when seen from the front.

The fight for survival knitted the men closely together.

Lord of my love, to whom in vassalage Thy merit hath my duty strongly knit, To thee I send this written embassage,

And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.

Come, knit hands, and beate the ground In a light fantastick round.

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• knits
• knitting
• knit
• knitted

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