knit

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Knitting

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From Middle English knitten, from Old English 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.

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Infinitive
to knit

Third person singular
knits

Simple past
knit or knitted

Past participle
[[knit or knitted]]

Present participle
knitting

to knit (third-person singular simple present knits, present participle knitting, simple past and past participle knit or knitted)

  1. (transitive) and (intransitive) 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
  2. (figuratively) (transitive) To join closely and firmly together.
    The joint fight for survival knitted the men closely together.
  3. (intransitive) To become closely and firmly joined; become compact(ed).
  4. (intransitive) To grow together.
    All those seedlings knitted into a kaleidoscopic border
  5. (transitive) To combine from various elements.
    The witness knitted his testimony from contradictory pieces of hearsay.

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  • Anagrams of iknt
  • tink