- knit
- [[t]nɪ̱t[/t]]
knits, knitting, knitted(The past tense can be either knit or knitted for meaning 4.)1) VERB If you knit something, especially an article of clothing, you make it from wool or a similar thread by using two knitting needles or a machine.
I had endless hours to knit and sew...
[V n] I have already started knitting baby clothes...
[V n n] She knitted him 10 pairs of socks to take with him...
[V n for n] During the war, Joan helped her mother knit scarves for soldiers...
[V-ed] She pushed up the sleeves of her grey knitted cardigan and got to work. [Also V n into n]
Derived words:knitter plural N-COUNTPattern charts with small print are often difficult for older knitters to use.
COMB in ADJ: ADJ nKnit is also a combining form.Ferris wore a heavy knit sweater. ...a cotton-knit sweater. ...hand-knit garments.
2) VERB If someone or something knits things or people together, they make them fit or work together closely and successfully.[V n with together] The best thing about sport is that it knits the whole family close together...
[V n to/into n] Ordinary people have some reservations about their president's drive to knit them so closely to their neighbors. [Also V n]
COMB in ADJ-GRADED: usu ADJ nKnit is also a combining form....a closer-knit European Community. ...a tightly knit society.
3) VERB When broken bones knit, the broken pieces grow together again.[V together] The bone hasn't knitted together properly.
...broken bones that have failed to knit.
4) PHRASE: V inflects If you knit your brows or knit your eyebrows, you frown because you are angry or worried. [LITERARY]They knitted their brows and started to grumble...
Billy's eyebrows knitted together in a little frown.
English dictionary. 2008.