knit

Betekenis (Engels)

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.
2. (ambitransitive) To create a stitch by pulling the working yarn through an existing stitch from back to front.
3. (figuratively, transitive) To join closely and firmly together.
4. (intransitive) To become closely and firmly joined; become compacted.
5. (intransitive) To grow together.
6. (transitive) To combine from various elements.
7. (intransitive) To heal following a fracture.
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.

Concepten

breien

samenbreien

aaneengroeien

aaneenbreien

aanbreien

handwerken

fronsen

knopen

samenvlechten

Synoniemen

weave

crochet

braid

wrinkle

pucker

interlace

knitting

tie

knot

🪢

plait

frown

knit stitch

sew

rumple

plain stitch

grow together

interlaced

plain

intertwine

contract

crumple

cockle

join

accrete

unite

hitch

wave

👋

knitwork

combine

screw up

twine

entwine

scowl

unify

link

🔗

bind

merge

couple

👫

net

connect

build

conjoin

conglutinate

briny

becket

conflate

compound

bring together

complect

grummet

Vertalingen

tricoter

stricken

tejer

lavorare a maglia

tricotar

tricotar

πλέκω

hacer punto

tricot

tisser

fazer meias

ζαρώνω

verknüpfen

چنین

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈnɪt/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: knytten

Overgenomen van Oudengels: cnyttan

Verwant aan Nedersaksisch: knütten

Verwant aan Oudnoors: knýta

Verwant aan Deens: knytte

Verwant aan Noors - Nynorsk: knyta

In summary

From Middle English knytten, from Old English cnyttan (“to fasten, tie, bind, knit; add, append”), from Proto-West Germanic *knuttijan, from Proto-Germanic *knutjaną, *knuttijaną (“to make knots, knit”).
Cognate with Low German knütten and Old Norse knýta (whence Danish knytte, Norwegian Nynorsk knyta). More at knot.