Search results for 'knit':

knit verb (knitted or old use knit, knitting) 1 tr & intr to produce a fabric composed of interlocking loops of yarn, using a pair of knitting needles or a knitting machine. 2 to make (garments, etc) by this means. 3 to make (a stitch) in plain knitting. 4 to unite something • The tragedy served to knit them closer together. 5 tr & intr said of broken bones: to grow or make them grow together again. 6 to draw (one's brows) together in a frown. 7 poetic to intertwine something. adj, in compounds united in a specified way • a close-knit family • a loosely-knit alliance. noun a fabric or a garment made by knitting • cotton knits for summer. knitter noun. knitting noun 1 a garment, etc that is in the process of being knitted. 2 the art or process of producing something knitted.
ETYMOLOGY: Anglo-Saxon cnyttan in obsolete sense 'to tie'.