knits

Verb

knit (third-person singular simple present knits, present participle knitting, simple past knit or (dialectal) knat, past participle knit or knitted or (dialectal) knitten)

1. (ambitransitive) To turn thread or yarn into a piece of fabric by forming loops that are pulled through each other. This can be done by hand with needles or by machine.
   • to knit a stocking
2. (ambitransitive) To create a stitch by pulling the working yarn through an existing stitch from back to front.
   • Stitches that are knitted look like little V’s when seen from the front.
3. (figuratively, transitive) To join closely and firmly together.
   • The fight for survival knitted the men closely together.
4. (intransitive) To become closely and firmly joined; become compacted.
5. (intransitive) To grow together.
   • All those seedlings knitted into a kaleidoscopic border.
6. (transitive) To combine from various elements.
   • The witness knitted together his testimony from contradictory pieces of hearsay.

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