| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| PRONUNCIATION: |  n t |
| VERB: | Inflected forms: knit or knit·ted, knit·ting, knits
| | TRANSITIVE VERB: | 1. To make (a fabric or garment) by intertwining yarn or thread in a series of connected loops either by hand, with knitting needles, or on a machine. 2. To form (yarn or thread) into fabric by intertwining. 3. To join closely; unite securely. 4. To draw (the brows) together in wrinkles; furrow. | | INTRANSITIVE VERB: | 1. To make a fabric or garment by knitting. 2. To become securely joined or mended together closely, as a fractured bone. 3. To come together in wrinkles or furrows, as the brows. | | NOUN: | 1. A fabric or garment made by knitting. 2. The way in which a fabric has been knit: a loose knit. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English knitten, to tie in a knot, from Old English cnyttan. | | OTHER FORMS: | knit ter —NOUN
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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