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Verb: knit (knitted,knitting)  nit
  1. Create fabric or a garment by interlocking loops of yarn with needles
    "knit a scarf"
     
  2. Tie or link together
    "The couple's hands were knit together";
    - entwine, intwine [archaic]
     
  3. To gather something into small wrinkles or folds
    "She knitted her lips";
    - pucker, rumple, cockle, crumple
     
  4. Become more closely connected or unified
    "The team knitted together as the season progressed"
Noun: knit  nit
  1. Needlework created by interlacing yarn in a series of connected loops using straight eyeless needles or by machine
    "Her knit won first prize at the county fair";
    - knitting, knitwork
     
  2. A basic knitting stitch made by putting the needle through the front of the stitch from the lefthand side
    "She began her scarf with a row of simple knit stitches";
    - knit stitch, plain, plain stitch
     
  3. A fabric made by knitting
    "She wore a warm knit sweater in the cold weather"

Sounds like: knightly, nighknit

Derived forms: knits, knitted, knitting

Type of: cloth, conjoin [formal], fabric, join, knitting stitch, make from scratch, material, needlecraft, needlework, textile

Encyclopedia: Knit