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Knit   /nɪt/   Listen
Knit

verb
(past & past part. knit or knitted; pres. part. knitting)
1.
Make (textiles) by knitting.
2.
Tie or link together.  Synonym: entwine.
3.
To gather something into small wrinkles or folds.  Synonyms: cockle, crumple, pucker, rumple.
noun
1.
A fabric made by knitting.
2.
A basic knitting stitch.  Synonyms: knit stitch, plain, plain stitch.
3.
Needlework created by interlacing yarn in a series of connected loops using straight eyeless needles or by machine.  Synonyms: knitting, knitwork.



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"Knit" Quotes from Famous Books



... to knit, Rosemary," he said at last. "And don't turn on the light, dear; can't you be content to do nothing ...
— Rainbow Hill • Josephine Lawrence
... recorded. At his father's urging he made an honest attempt to play with other boys, and frequently he joined in the milder games—football shook him up too much, and he feared that in case of a fracture his ancient bones would refuse to knit. ...
— Tales of the Jazz Age • F. Scott Fitzgerald
... large farmer has a saeter. When the spring field work at home has been finished, the cattle are taken thither by the young women and girls,—often twenty and sometimes forty miles away,—where they stay during the summer and make butter and cheese, gather hay, knit stockings, and embroider linen. The dwelling is usually a rude hut with a single room, mud floor, an open fireplace without chimney, and a few pieces of rough furniture. Sheds and pens surround the hut, and there are patches of enclosed ...
— Norwegian Life • Ethlyn T. Clough
... never make one with any nation, putting no trust therein; seeing the more and holier ceremonies the league is knit up with, the sooner it is broken. Who perchance would change their minds if they lived here? But they be of opinion that no man should be counted an enemy who hath done no injury, and that the fellowship of nature is a ...
— The World's Greatest Books--Volume 14--Philosophy and Economics • Various
... knit and woven apparel; wood and wood products; copper, tin, tungsten, iron; construction ...
— The 2003 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency


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