knit

== English == === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /nɪt/ Homophone: nit Rhymes: -ɪt === Verb === knit (third-person singular simple present knits, present participle knitting, simple past and past participle knit or knitted) (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. (ambitransitive) To create a stitch by pulling the working yarn through an existing stitch from back to front. (figuratively, transitive) To join closely and firmly together. (intransitive) To become closely and firmly joined; become compacted. (intransitive) To grow together. (transitive) To combine from various elements. (intransitive, of bones) To heal following a fracture. (transitive) To form into a knot, or into knots; to tie together, as cord; to fasten by tying. (transitive) To draw together; to contract into wrinkles. ==== Usage notes ==== The regular form "knitted" is more commonly used in print than "knit" in the UK, whereas in the US both forms are used with a similar frequency. ==== Coordinate terms ==== (create a stitch by pulling yarn through from back): purl ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== tricot weave === Noun === knit (plural knits) A knitted garment. A session of knitting. ==== Derived terms ==== === Descendants === → Korean: 니트 (niteu) === References === Knitting on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === tink == Middle High German == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ˈknit/ === Verb === knit second-person singular present imperative of knëten