knit
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knit
- /nɪt/ US, UK
Sounds like nit, gnit · Rhymes with -ɪt
Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English knytten, from Old English cnyttan, from Proto-West Germanic *knuttijan, from Proto-Germanic *knuttijaną, from *knuttô + *-janą.
Cognate with Low German knütten and Old Norse knýta (whence Danish knytte, Norwegian Nynorsk knyta). More at knot.
verb knits · knitting · knit · knat · knitted
- 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. to knit a stocking
- To create a stitch by pulling the working yarn through an existing stitch from back to front. Stitches that are knitted look like little V’s when seen from the front.
- To join closely and firmly together. The fight for survival knitted the men closely together.
- To become closely and firmly joined; become compacted.
- To grow together. All those seedlings knitted into a kaleidoscopic border.
- To combine from various elements. The witness knitted together his testimony from contradictory pieces of hearsay.
- To heal following a fracture. I’ll go skiing again after my bones knit.
- To form into a knot, or into knots; to tie together, as cord; to fasten by tying. When your head did but ache, I knit my handkercher about your brows,
- To draw together; to contract into wrinkles. But meet him now, and be it in the Morne, / When euery one will giue the time of day, / He knits his Brow and ſhewes an angry Eye, / And paſſeth by with ſtiffe vnbowed Knee, / Diſdaining dutie that to vs belongs.
noun knits
- A knitted garment. There are grey Grecian tops and a light, sheer, silver cardigan. Stylish dark grey tailored trousers, silver thongs and shiny jet-black stilettos. Black sheer blouses with squared bib fronts, and expensive-looking black and dark grey woollen knits.
- A session of knitting. It's always time for a bit of a knit.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: knitwork, entwine, crumple, pucker, rumple, plain, draw, cockle, knit stitch, plain stitch, weaving, enmesh, heal, stitched, interlace, intertwine
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verb to make fabric from thread or yarn
| Español | hacer punto, tricotar, tejer |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 뜨다 tteuda |
| 日本語 | 編む amu |
| 中文 | 編織 /编织 biānzhī, 織 /织 zhī |
| हिन्दी | बुनना bunnā |
| Português | tricotar, fazer ponto |
| Français | tricoter |
| Deutsch | stricken |
| Italiano | lavorare a maglia, sferruzzare |
| Ελληνικά | πλέκω pléko |
| Română | tricota, împleti, croșeta |
| Русский | вяза́ть vjazátʹ, связа́ть svjazátʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | đan |
| العربية | حَاكَ ḥāka |
| עברית | סָרַג sarág |
verb to create a stitch by pulling the yarn through from behind
| Français | tricoter à l’endroit |
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verb to join closely together
| Português | soldar |
|---|---|
| Français | souder, unir |
| Italiano | legare |
| Русский | спла́чивать spláčivatʹ, сплоти́ть splotítʹ |
verb intransitive: to become closely joined
| Español | soldarse |
|---|---|
| Italiano | saldarsi, compattare |
verb to combine from various elements
| Español | construir, elaborar |
|---|---|
| Português | construir, elaborar |
| Français | construire, élaborer, échafauder |
| Italiano | elaborare, ricostruire |
verb to heal following a fracture
| Español | curar, curarse, recomponerse |
|---|---|
| Italiano | guarire, curare, ricomporsi |
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title = {knit},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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