knit

knit
knit [nıt] v present participle knitting [I and T]
[: Old English; Origin: cnyttan]
1.) past tense and past participle knitted
to make clothing out of wool, using two ↑knitting needles
→↑crochet
▪ My grandmother taught me how to knit.
▪ She's knitting a sweater.
knit sb sth
▪ Emily knitted him some socks.
2.) past tense and past participle knitted
to use a ↑plain (=basic) knitting stitch
▪ Knit one, purl one.
3.) past tense and past participle knit
to join people, things, or ideas more closely together, or to be joined closely together
knit together
▪ In a good report, individual sentences knit together in a clear way that readers can follow.
closely/tightly etc knit
(=with all the members having close relationships)
▪ a closely knit community
▪ Harold is part of a tightly knit team.
4.) past tense and past participle knit
a bone that knits after being broken grows into one piece again
knit together
▪ The pin holds the bones in place while they knit together.
5.) knit your brows
to show you are worried, thinking hard etc by moving your ↑eyebrows together
>knitter n

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