knits

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɪts/
• Homophone: nits

Etymology 1

Verb

knits

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of knit

Noun

knits

1. plural of knit

Etymology 2

Probably the same word as nit, a louse's egg.

Noun

1. (mining, dated) Small particles of ore.

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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “knits”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• sinkt, skint, snikt, stink, tinks