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Definition of 'knit'English
(Knitting)
Verb
and 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
- The first generation knitted''' to order; the second still '''knits''' for its own use; the next leaves '''knitting to industrial manufacturers.
(figuratively) To join closely and firmly together.
- The fight for survival knitted the men closely together.
* Wiseman
- Nature cannot knit the bones while the parts are under a discharge.
* Shakespeare
- Thy merit hath my duty strongly knit .
* Milton
- Come, knit hands, and beat the ground, / In a light fantastic round.
* Tennyson
- A link among the days, to knit / The generations each to each.
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 his testimony from contradictory pieces of hearsay.
To heal (of bones) 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.
* Bible, Acts x. 11
- a great sheet knit at the four corners
* Shakespeare
- When your head did but ache, / I knit my handkercher about your brows.
To draw together; to contract into wrinkles.
* Shakespeare
- He knits his brow and shows an angry eye.
Derived terms
* close-knit
* knit one's brow / knit one's brows
* knitter
( rel-mid3)
* knitting
* knitting needle
* knitwear
( rel-mid3)
* stick to one's knitting
( rel-bottom)
See also
* tricot
* weave
Anagrams
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