Knitting

6 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Knit \Knit\ (n[i^]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Knit} or {Knitted};
     p. pr. & vb. n. {Knitting}.] [OE. knitten, knutten, As.
     cnyttan, fr. cnotta knot; akin to Icel. kn[=y]ta, Sw. knyta,
     Dan. knytte. See {Knot}.]
     1. To form into a knot, or into knots; to tie together, as
        cord; to fasten by tying.


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              A great sheet knit at the four corners. --Acts x.
                                                    11.
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              When your head did but ache,
              I knit my handkercher about your brows. --Shak.
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     2. To form, as a textile fabric, by the interlacing of yarn
        or thread in a series of connected loops, by means of
        needles, either by hand or by machinery; as, to knit
        stockings.
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     3. To join; to cause to grow together.
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              Nature can not knit the bones while the parts are
              under a discharge.                    --Wiseman.
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     4. To unite closely; to connect; to engage; as, hearts knit
        together in love.
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              Thy merit hath my duty strongly knit. --Shak.
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              Come, knit hands, and beat the ground,
              In a light fantastic round.           --Milton
                                                    (Comus).
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              A link among the days, toknit
              The generations each to each.         --Tennyson.
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     5. To draw together; to contract into wrinkles.
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              He knits his brow and shows an angry eye. --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Knitting \Knit"ting\, n.
     1. The work of a knitter; the network formed by knitting;
        knitwork.
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     2. Union formed by knitting, as of bones.
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     {Knitting machine}, one of a number of contrivances for
        mechanically knitting stockings, jerseys, and the like.
  
     {Knitting needle}, a stiff rod, as of steel wire, with
        rounded ends for knitting yarn or threads into a fabric,
        as in stockings.
  
     {Knitting sheath}, a sheath to receive the end of a needle in
        knitting.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  knit
       n 1: a fabric made by knitting [syn: {knitted fabric}]
       2: a basic knitting stitch [syn: {knit stitch}, {plain}, {plain
          stitch}]
       3: needlework created by interlacing yarn in a series of
          connected loops using straight eyeless needles or by
          machine [syn: {knitting}, {knitwork}]
       v 1: make (textiles) by knitting; "knit a scarf"
       2: tie or link together [syn: {entwine}]
       3: to gather something into small wrinkles or folds; "She
          puckered her lips" [syn: {pucker}, {rumple}, {cockle}, {crumple}]
       [also: {knitting}, {knitted}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  knitting
       n 1: needlework created by interlacing yarn in a series of
            connected loops using straight eyeless needles or by
            machine [syn: {knit}, {knitwork}]
       2: creating knitted wear

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  knitting
       See {knit}

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  82 Moby Thesaurus words for "knitting":
     abbreviation, applique, astriction, astringency, basting, binding,
     bottleneck, braiding, buttonholing, cervix, circumscription,
     coarctation, compactedness, compaction, compression, compressure,
     concentration, condensation, consolidation, constriction,
     constringency, contraction, contracture, crochet, curtailment,
     decrease, diminuendo, embroidery, enlacement, entwinement,
     entwining, fabric, hourglass, hourglass figure, interknitting,
     interlacement, interlacery, interlacing, intertexture,
     interthreading, intertieing, intertwinement, intertwining,
     intertwisting, interweavement, interweaving, isthmus, lacing,
     macrame, narrow place, narrowing, neck, needlepoint, netting,
     petit point, plaiting, puckering, pursing, quilting, reduction,
     ribbing, shortening, solidification, stranglement, strangulation,
     striction, stricture, systole, tatting, texture, tissue, twining,
     twisting, warp and woof, warpage, wasp waist, weave, weaving, web,
     weftage, wreathing, wrinkling