Definition of Knit

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Definition of Knit

Knit

of Knit

To form into a knot, or into knots; to tie together, as cord; to fasten by tying.

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.

To join; to cause to grow together.

To unite closely; to connect; to engage; as, hearts knit together in love.

To draw together; to contract into wrinkles.

To form a fabric by interlacing yarn or thread; to weave by making knots or loops.

To be united closely; to grow together; as, broken bones will in time knit and become sound.

Union knitting; texture.

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Knit Quotations

I still sweat. My guts are still grinding out there. Sometimes I have enough cotton in my mouth to knit a sweater.
Lee Trevino

It is easy to say how we love new friends, and what we think of them, but words can never trace out all the fibers that knit us to the old.
George Eliot

Knitting is very conducive to thought. It is nice to knit a while, put down the needles, write a while, then take up the sock again.
Dorothy Day

As I get older, I just prefer to knit.
Tracey Ullman

The scientific and technological discoveries that have made war so infinitely more terrible for us are part of the same process that has knit us all so much more closely together.
Lester B. Pearson

Other people like Neil Young and Dennis Hopper, those are just really close knit family friends.
Amber Tamblyn

The first thing to make clear is that scientists, freely making their own choice of problems and pursuing them in the light of their own personal judgment, are in fact co-operating as members of a closely knit organization.
Michael Polanyi

One hundred religious persons knit into a unity by careful organizations do not constitute a church any more than eleven dead men make a football team. The first requisite is life, always.
Aiden Wilson Tozer

We might knit that knot with our tongues that we shall never undo with our teeth.
John Lyly

Knit Translations

knit in Dutch is breien
knit in French is tricoter, tricotage
knit in Italian is lavorare a maglia
knit in Norwegian is strikke

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