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Knit   /nɪt/   Listen
verb
Knit  v. t.  (past & past part. knit or knitted; pres. part. knitting)  
1.
To form into a knot, or into knots; to tie together, as cord; to fasten by tying. "A great sheet knit at the four corners." "When your head did but ache, I knit my handkercher about your brows."
2.
To form, as a textile fabric, by the interlacing of yarn or thread in a series of connected loops, by means of needles, either by hand or by machinery; as, to knit stockings.
3.
To join; to cause to grow together. "Nature can not knit the bones while the parts are under a discharge."
4.
To unite closely; to connect; to engage; as, hearts knit together in love. "Thy merit hath my duty strongly knit." "Come, knit hands, and beat the ground, In a light fantastic round." "A link among the days, toknit The generations each to each."
5.
To draw together; to contract into wrinkles. "He knits his brow and shows an angry eye."


Knit  v. i.  
1.
To form a fabric by interlacing yarn or thread; to weave by making knots or loops.
2.
To be united closely; to grow together; as, broken bones will in time knit and become sound.
To knit up, to wind up; to conclude; to come to a close. "It remaineth to knit up briefly with the nature and compass of the seas." (Obs.)


noun
Knit  n.  Union knitting; texture.





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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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