knit

English Online Dictionary. What means knit‎? What does knit mean?

English

Etymology

From Middle English knytten, from Old English cnyttan (“to fasten, tie, bind, knit; add, append”), from Proto-West Germanic *knuttijan, from Proto-Germanic *knutjaną, *knuttijaną (“to make knots, knit”).

Cognate with Low German knütten and Old Norse knýta (whence Danish knytte, Norwegian Nynorsk knyta). More at knot.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɪt/
• Rhymes: -ɪt
• Homophone: nit

Verb

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

1. (transitive, 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.

2. (transitive, intransitive) To create a stitch by pulling the working yarn through an existing stitch from back to front.

3. (figuratively, transitive) To join closely and firmly together.
4. (intransitive) To become closely and firmly joined; become compacted.
5. (intransitive) To grow together.

6. (transitive) To combine from various elements.

7. (intransitive, of bones) To heal following a fracture.

8. (transitive) To form into a knot, or into knots; to tie together, as cord; to fasten by tying.
9. (transitive) To draw together; to contract into wrinkles.

Coordinate terms

• (create a stitch by pulling yarn through from back): purl

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• tricot
• weave

Noun

knit (plural knits)

1. A knitted garment.
2. A session of knitting.

Derived terms

References

• Knitting on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• tink