About The Word Knit
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What's The Definition Of Knit?
[n] needlework created by interlacing yarn in a series of connected loops using straight eyeless needles or by machine
[n] a basic knitting stitch [n] a fabric made by knitting [v] to gather something into small wrinkles or folds; "She puckered her lips" [v] make (textiles) by knitting; "knit a scarf" [v] tie or link together Synonyms | Synonyms for Knit: cockle | crumple | entwine | knit stitch | knitted fabric | knitting | knitwork | plain | plain stitch | pucker | rumple Related Terms | Find terms related to Knit: abbreviate | adhere | affix | anchor | annex | attach | belay | bind | braid | cement | cicatrize | cinch | circumscribe | clamp | clinch | close up | coarct | cocker | cockle | cohere | combine | come together | communicate | compact | compress | concentrate | condense | connect | consolidate | constrict | constringe | contract | converge | corrugate | cramp | crease | crimp | crimple | crinkle | crumple | curtail | decrease | draw | draw in | draw together | embrace | engraft | enlace | entwine | fasten | fix | furrow | graft | granulate | grapple | grow together | hang together | heal | heal over | hold together | intercommunicate | interconnect | interknit | interlace | intertie | intertissue | intertwine | intertwist | interweave | intort | join | knot | lace | link | loom | loop | make fast | mat | meet | mend | merge | moor | narrow | net | noose | plait | pleach | pucker | pucker up | purse | put to | raddle | reduce | ridge | right itself | rimple | ripple | ruck | ruckle | rumple | scab over | screw up | secure | set | set to | shirr | shorten | solidify | splice | strangle | strangulate | tie up | tighten | tissue | trice up | trim | twill | twine | twist | unite | wattle | weave | web | wimple | wreathe | wrinkle See Also | balbriggan | cloth | conjoin | crease | create from raw material | create from raw stuff | crinkle | crisp | double knit | fabric | intertwine | jersey | join | knitting stitch | loop | material | needlecraft | needlework | purl | purl stitch | rib | ruckle | run up | scrunch | scrunch up | sew | sew together | stitch | stockinet | stockinette | textile | tricot | wrinkle Knit In Webster's Dictionary \Knit\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Knit} or {Knitted}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Knitting}.] [OE. knitten, knutten, As. cnyttan, fr.
cnotta knot; akin to Icel. kn?ta, Sw. knyta, Dan. knytte. See
{Knot}.]
1. To form into a knot, or into knots; to tie together, as
cord; to fasten by tying.
A great sheet knit at the four corners. --Acts x.
11.
When your head did but ache, I knit my handkercher
about your brows. --Shak.
2. To form, as a textile fabric, by the interlacing of yarn
or thread in a series of connected loops, by means of
needles, either by hand or by machinery; as, to knit
stockings.
3. To join; to cause to grow together.
Nature can not knit the bones while the parts are
under a discharge. --Wiseman.
4. To unite closely; to connect; to engage; as, hearts knit
together in love.
Thy merit hath my duty strongly knit. --Shak.
Come, knit hands, and beat the ground, In a light
fantastic round. --Milton.
A link among the days, toknit The generations each
to each. --Tennyson.
5. To draw together; to contract into wrinkles.
He knits his brow and shows an angry eye. --Shak.
\Knit\, v. i. 1. To form a fabric by interlacing yarn or thread; to weave by making knots or loops. 2. To be united closely; to grow together; as, broken bones will in time knit and become sound. {To knit up}, to wind up; to conclude; to come to a close. ``It remaineth to knit up briefly with the nature and compass of the seas.'' [Obs.] --Holland. \Knit\, n. Union knitting; texture. --Shak. |
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