knit Definition

knit
verb knitted, knit, knitting

old use:
tr & intr
1. To produce a fabric composed of interlocking loops of yarn, using a pair of knitting needles or a knitting machine.
2. To make (garments, etc) by this means.
3. To make (a stitch) in plain knitting.
4. To unite something

Example: The tragedy served to knit them closer together.
Thesaurus: intermingle, affiliate, connect, weave, join, ally, bind, fasten, interlace, link.
tr & intr
5. Said of broken bones: to grow or make them grow together again.

Thesaurus: heal, mend, repair, bind.
6. To draw (one's brows) together in a frown.
7. poetic
To intertwine something.

adj

1. United in a specified way.

Example: a close-knit family
Example: a loosely-knit alliance

noun

1. A fabric or a garment made by knitting.

Example: cotton knits for summer

Derivative: knitter
noun

Derivative: knitting

A garment, etc that is in the process of being knitted.

The art or process of producing something knitted.

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon cnyttan in obsolete sense ‘to tie'.