Definition of "knit" in English

verb

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
   • The first generation knitted to order; the second still knits for its own use; the next leaves knitting to industrial manufacturers.

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.

7. (intransitive, of bones) To heal following a fracture.

   • I’ll go skiing again after my bones knit.

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

9. (transitive) To draw together; to contract into wrinkles.

noun

1. A knitted garment.

2. A session of knitting.