Knit

Quick meaning: Knit is a verb meaning (ambitransitive) To create a stitch by pulling the working yarn through an existing stitch from back to front.

Meaning

(ambitransitive) To create a stitch by pulling the working yarn through an existing stitch from back to front.

More Meanings

1. (figuratively, transitive) To join closely and firmly together.
2. (intransitive) To become closely and firmly joined; become compacted.
3. (intransitive) To grow together.
4. (transitive) To combine from various elements.
5. (intransitive, of bones) To heal following a fracture.
6. (transitive) To form into a knot, or into knots; to tie together, as cord; to fasten by tying.
7. (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.

Example Sentences

to knit a stocking

The fight for survival knitted the men closely together.

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

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

Word Forms

• knits
• knitting
• knitted

Synonyms for knit

Depending on context, synonyms include draw, plain, cockle, entwine, crumple, pucker.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include knitwork, entwine, crumple, pucker, rumple, plain.

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