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KNIT (AM)
WordNet
noun
(1) Needlework created by interlacing yarn in a series of connected loops using straight eyeless needles or by machine
(2) A basic knitting stitch
(3) A fabric made by knitting
verb
(4) To gather something into small wrinkles or folds
"She puckered her lips"
(5) Make (textiles) by knitting
"Knit a scarf"
(6) Tie or link together
WiktionaryText
Etymology
From knitten, from cnyttan, akin to cnotta 'knot', from the Proto-Germanic root knuttjan, from stem knutt-. Cognate with Old Norse (Danish ) and Northern German .
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.
- The first generation knitted to order, the second still knits for its own use, the next leave knitting to industrial manufacturers
- To join closely and firmly together.
- The joint fight for survival knitted the men closely together.
- To become closely and firmly joined; become compact(ed).
- 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.