Knit

Verb

 * 1)  and  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.
 * ''The first generation knitted to order, the second still knits for its own use, the next leave knitting to industrial manufacturers
 * 1)   To join closely and firmly together.
 * The joint fight for survival knitted the men closely together.
 * 1)  To become closely and firmly joined; become compact(ed).
 * 2)  To grow together.
 * ''All those seedlings knitted into a kaleidoscopic border
 * 1)  To combine from various elements.
 * The witness knitted his testimony from contradictory pieces of hearsay.

Derived terms

 * close-knit
 * knit one's brow/knit one's brows
 * knitter
 * knitting
 * knitting needle
 * knitwear

Adverbs for Knit
indefatigably;  industriously;   vigorously; busily; exquisitely; laboriously; patiently; domestically;   artistically;    beneficially; healthfully; swiftly; monotonously.

Thesaurus
abbreviate, adhere, affix, anchor, annex, attach, belay, bind, braid, cement, cicatrize, cinch, circumscribe, clamp, clinch, close up, coarct, cocker, cockle, cohere, combine, come together, communicate, compact, compress, concentrate, condense, connect, consolidate, constrict, constringe, contract, converge, corrugate, cramp, crease, crimp, crimple, crinkle, crumple, curtail, decrease, draw, draw in, draw together, embrace, engraft, enlace, entwine, fasten, fix, furrow, graft, granulate, grapple, grow together, hang together, heal, heal over, hold together, intercommunicate, interconnect, interknit, interlace, intertie, intertissue, intertwine, intertwist, interweave, intort, join, knot, lace, link, loom, loop, make fast, mat, meet, mend, merge, moor, narrow, net, noose, plait, pleach, pucker, pucker up, purse, put to, raddle, reduce, ridge, right itself, rimple, ripple, ruck, ruckle, rumple, scab over, screw up, secure, set, set to, shirr, shorten, solidify, splice, strangle, strangulate, tie up, tighten, tissue, trice up, trim, twill, twine, twist, unite, wattle, weave, web, wimple, wreathe, wrinkle

Etymology
From knitten, from  cnyttan, akin to cnotta 'knot', from the Proto-Germanic root knuttjan, from stem knutt-. Cognate with Old Norse knýta: (Danish knytte:) and Northern German knütten:.

Translations

 * Arabic: حاك
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: stricken:


 * Irish: cniotáil
 * Italian: lavorare a maglia, sferruzzare
 * Japanese: 編む
 * Kurdish:
 * Latvian: adīt
 * Norwegian: strikke
 * Portuguese: tricotar
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish: hacer punto, tricotar, tejer
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish: örmek


 * Dutch: aaneenbreien
 * Finnish: ,


 * Italian: legare
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: сплачивать, сплотить


 * Dutch: aaneengroeien
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: se souder


 * Italian:, compattare
 * Spanish: soldarse


 * Dutch: samenbreien


 * Finnish: ,
 * Italian: elaborare


 * : tricoter
 * : stricken
 * : rajut, merajut


 * : lavorare a maglia, lavorare ai ferri
 * : tecer, tricotar
 * : tejer, tricotar
 * : tejer, tricotar

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