knit
/ˈnɪt/
Dictionary
noun
- A knitted garment.
- A session of knitting.
verb
- 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 leaves knitting to industrial manufacturers."
- To join closely and firmly together.
"The fight for survival knitted the men closely together."
- To become closely and firmly joined; become compacted.
- To grow together.
"All those seedlings knitted into a kaleidoscopic border."
- To combine from various elements.
"The witness knitted together his testimony from contradictory pieces of hearsay."
- Of bones: to heal following a fracture.
"I’ll go skiing again after my bones knit."
- To form into a knot, or into knots; to tie together, as cord; to fasten by tying.
- To draw together; to contract into wrinkles.
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