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Knit

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Noun

1. knit

a fabric made by knitting

2. knit, knit stitch, plain, plain stitch

a basic knitting stitch

3. knit, knitting, knitwork

needlework created by interlacing yarn in a series of connected loops using straight eyeless needles or by machine

Verb

4. knit

make (textiles) by knitting

Example Sentences:
'knit a scarf'

5. entwine, knit

tie or link together

6. cockle, crumple, knit, pucker, rumple

to gather something into small wrinkles or folds

Example Sentences:
'She puckered her lips'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Knit

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verbWord forms: knits, knitting, knitted or knit
1. 
to make (a garment, etc) by looping and entwining (yarn, esp wool) by hand by means of long eyeless needles (knitting needles) or by machine (knitting machine)
2. 
to join or be joined together closely
3. 
to draw (the brows) together or (of the brows) to come together, as in frowning or concentrating
4. 
(of a broken bone) to join together; heal
noun
5. 
a. 
a fabric or garment made by knitting
b. 
(in combination)
a heavy knit

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Knit

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verb transitiveWord forms: ˈknitted or knit, ˈknitting
1. 
to make (cloth or a garment) by interconnecting loops of yarn or thread in rows of stitches by means of a pair of special needles or a machine
2. 
a. 
to form into cloth in this way rather than by weaving
b. 
to form (one or more stitches of the basic type)
“K2, P2” means “knit two stitches, purl 2 stitches”
3. 
to join together closely and firmly; unite
4. 
to draw (the brows) together; contract in wrinkles
5.  Chiefly Dialectal
to tie or fasten in or with a knot
verb intransitive
6. 
a. 
to make cloth or a garment by knitting yarn or thread
b. 
to produce a basic stitch or stitches
7. 
to be joined together closely and firmly; grow together, as a broken bone
8. 
to become drawn together in wrinkles, as the brow
noun
9. 
cloth or a garment made by knitting

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Knit

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v. knit or knit·ted, knit·ting, knits
v.tr.
1. To make (a fabric or garment) by intertwining yarn or thread in a series of connected loops either by hand, with knitting needles, or on a machine.
2. To form (yarn or thread) into fabric by intertwining.
3. To join closely; unite securely.
4. To draw (the brows) together in wrinkles; furrow.
v.intr.
1. To make a fabric or garment by knitting.
2. To become securely joined or mended together closely, as a fractured bone.
3. To come together in wrinkles or furrows, as the brows.
n.
1. A fabric or garment made by knitting.
2. The way in which a fabric has been knit: a loose knit.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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