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   Knit

   /nit/

   

   verb

   • 1. make (a garment, blanket, etc.) by interlocking loops of wool or other yarn with knitting needles or on a machine: "she was knitting a sweater"
   • ▪ make (a stitch or row of stitches) by interlocking loops of yarn: "cast on and knit a few rows"
   • ▪ knit with a knit stitch: "knit one, purl one"
   • 2. unite or cause to unite: "disparate regions had begun to knit together under the king" Similar unitebecome unitedunifybecome unifiedbecome onecome togetherbecome closerband togetherbondcombinecoalescemergemeldblendamalgamateleaguebindweld togetherbring togetherdraw togetherallylinkjoinfuseconnectconsolidate
   • ▪ (of parts of a broken bone) become joined during healing. Similar healmendjoinfusedraw togetherunitebecome whole
   • 3. tighten (one's brow or eyebrows) in a frown of concentration, disapproval, or anxiety: "Marcus knitted his brows" Similar furrowtightencontractgatherdraw inwrinklepuckerknotscrew upcreasescrunch up

   noun

   • 1. a knitted fabric: "a machine-washable knit"
   • ▪ garment made of a knitted fabric: "an array of casual knits"

   adjective

   • 1. denoting or relating to a type of knitting stitch produced by putting the needle through the front of each stitch from left to right.

   Word Origin Old Englishcnyttan, of West Germanic origin; related to German dialect knütten, also to knot1. The original sense was ‘tie in or with a knot’, hence ‘join, unite’ (knit (sense 2 of the verb)); an obsolete Middle English sense ‘knot string to make a net’ gave rise to knit (sense 1 of the verb).

   Derivatives

   • 1. knitter noun

   Scrabble Points: 8

   • K

     5

   • N

     1

   • I

     1

   • T

     1

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