knit

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

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

Translations

tricoter

stricken

tejer

breien

tricotar

lavorare a maglia

tricotar

πλέκω

hacer punto

fazer meias

tisser

tricot

ζαρώνω

verknüpfen

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈnɪt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: knytten

Inherited from Old English: cnyttan

Cognate with Low German: knütten

Cognate with Old Norse: knýta

Cognate with Danish: knytte

Cognate with Norwegian 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.