English Explanatory Dictionary

knit

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

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 create a stitch by pulling the working yarn through an existing stitch from back to front.
To join closely and firmly together.
To become closely and firmly joined; become compacted.
To grow together.
To combine from various elements.
To heal following a fracture.
To form into a knot, or into knots; to tie together, as cord; to fasten by tying.
To draw together; to contract into wrinkles.

noun

A knitted garment.
A session of knitting.

Pronunciation

/nɪt/ En-uk-knit.ogg

Word forms

knit knits knitting knitted

Etymology

From Middle English knytten, from Old English cnyttan (“to fasten, tie, bind, knit; add, append”), from Proto-West Germanic *knuttijan, from Proto-Germanic *knutjaną, *knuttijaną (“to make knots, knit”). Cognate with Low German knütten and Old Norse knýta (whence Danish knytte, Norwegian Nynorsk knyta). More at knot.

Related words

tricot weave

Derived words

beknit close-knit enknit handknit inknit interknit knitaholic knitalong knitathon knitback knitbone knit cap knit fog knitlike knit one's brow knit one's brows knit one's eyebrows knitster knittability knittable knitten knitter knitting knitting needle knit together knit up knitwear knitwise knitwork knit yoghurt loose-knit misknit outknit reknit stick to one's knitting tight-knit tightknit unknit well-knit double knit warp knit

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