knit

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-COUNT

Pattern charts with small print are often difficult for older knitters to use.

COMB in ADJ: ADJ n
Knit 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 n
Knit 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.

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  • knit — [nıt] v present participle knitting [I and T] [: Old English; Origin: cnyttan] 1.) past tense and past participle knitted to make clothing out of wool, using two ↑knitting needles →↑crochet ▪ My grandmother taught me how to knit. ▪ She s knitting …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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  • Knit — (n[i^]t), 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[=y]ta, Sw. knyta, Dan. knytte. See {Knot}.] 1. To form into a knot, or into knots; to tie… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • knit — nit vb, knit or knit·ted; knit·ting vt to cause to grow together <time and rest will knit a fractured bone> vi to grow together <fractures in old bones knit slowly> …   Medical dictionary

  • Knit — Knit, v. i. 1. To form a fabric by interlacing yarn or thread; to weave by making knots or loops. [1913 Webster] 2. To be united closely; to grow together; as, broken bones will in time knit and become sound. [1913 Webster] {To knit up}, to wind… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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