See Also: knit(medicine)
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cable-knit(dictionary)
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[I and T]
[Language: Old English; Origin: cnyttan]
past tense and past participle knitted
to make clothing out of wool, using two knitting needles
-see also crochet crochet
::My grandmother taught me how to knit.
::She's knitting a sweater.
knit sb sth
::Emily knitted him some socks.
past tense and past participle knitted
to use a plain (=basic) knitting stitch
::Knit one, purl one.
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.
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.
knit your brows
to show you are worried, thinking hard etc by moving your eyebrows together
-- knitter n [C]
-see also close-knit , tight-knit