Definitions for knit

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knit knit

Spelling: [nit]

IPA: /nɪt/

Knit is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 26 anagrams from letters in knit (iknt).

Definitions for knit

noun

1. fabric produced by knitting.
2. a knitted garment.
3. a style or type of knitting.
4. the basic stitch in knitting, formed by pulling a loop of the working yarn forward through an existing stitch and then slipping that stitch off the needle. Compare purl1 (def 3).

verb (used with object)

1. to make (a garment, fabric, etc.) by interlocking loops of one or more yarns either by hand with knitting needles or by machine.
2. to join closely and firmly, as members or parts (often followed by together):
3. to contract into folds or wrinkles:
4. to form or create from diverse sources or elements:

verb (used without object)

1. to become closely and firmly joined together; grow together, as broken bones do.
2. to contract into folds or wrinkles, as the brow.
3. to become closely and intimately united.

Origin of knit

before 1000; Middle English knitte, Old English cnyttan to tie; cognate with German knütten; see knot¹

Examples for knit

After Hashi was led out, Ahmed was brought in, also wearing a white knit kufi, also silent.

A man in a knit cap called out to the friar on duty, Father Paul Lostritto.

I had to lie abed for a month until my psyche began to knit and mend.

Speaking of threads, it occurred to me on the walk over here that your last name has the word “knit” in it.

She knit her brow for a second—but she did not betray an instant's indecision.

When I was her age I could have knit the whole side of a house in less time.

The lawyer's brows were knit as he faced the proprietor of the store.

There were little blond girls in knit hats next to elderly African American women hobbling on canes.

He was knit to Lyddy by every tie of gratitude and affection.

On my telling him that I had not, he knit his brows, and looked at me very sternly.