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Found 6 hits - Term: knitting, Database: *, Strategy: exact
[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
knit \knit\ ni^t, v. t. imp.  p. p. knit or knitted;
   p. pr.  vb. n. knitting. oe. knitten, knutten, as.
   cnyttan, fr. cnotta knot; akin to icel. kn=yta, sw. knyta,
   dan. knytte. see knot.
   1. to form into a knot, or into knots; to tie together, as
      cord; to fasten by tying.
      1913 webster

            a great sheet knit at the four corners. --acts x.
                                                  11.
      1913 webster

            when your head did but ache,
            i knit my handkercher about your brows. --shak.
      1913 webster

   2. to form, as a textile fabric, by the interlacing of yarn
      or thread in a series of connected loops, by means of
      needles, either by hand or by machinery; as, to knit
      stockings.
      1913 webster

   3. to join; to cause to grow together.
      1913 webster

            nature can not knit the bones while the parts are
            under a discharge.                    --wiseman.
      1913 webster

   4. to unite closely; to connect; to engage; as, hearts knit
      together in love.
      1913 webster

            thy merit hath my duty strongly knit. --shak.
      1913 webster

            come, knit hands, and beat the ground,
            in a light fantastic round.           --milton
                                                  comus.
      1913 webster

            a link among the days, toknit
            the generations each to each.         --tennyson.
      1913 webster

   5. to draw together; to contract into wrinkles.
      1913 webster

            he knits his brow and shows an angry eye. --shak.
      1913 webster
see also:
knit knitted knitting knot 
[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
knitting \knit"ting\, n.
   1. the work of a knitter; the network formed by knitting;
      knitwork.
      1913 webster

   2. union formed by knitting, as of bones.
      1913 webster

   knitting machine, one of a number of contrivances for
      mechanically knitting stockings, jerseys, and the like.

   knitting needle, a stiff rod, as of steel wire, with
      rounded ends for knitting yarn or threads into a fabric,
      as in stockings.

   knitting sheath, a sheath to receive the end of a needle in
      knitting.
      1913 webster
see also:
knitting machine knitting needle knitting sheath 
[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
knit
     n 1: a fabric made by knitting syn: knitted fabric
     2: a basic knitting stitch syn: knit stitch, plain, plain
        stitch
     3: needlework created by interlacing yarn in a series of
        connected loops using straight eyeless needles or by
        machine syn: knitting, knitwork
     v 1: make textiles by knitting; "knit a scarf"
     2: tie or link together syn: entwine
     3: to gather something into small wrinkles or folds; "she
        puckered her lips" syn: pucker, rumple, cockle, crumple
     also: knitting, knitted
see also:
knitted fabric knit stitch plain plain stitch knitting knitwork 
entwine pucker rumple cockle crumple 
knitted 
[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0
knitting
     n 1: needlework created by interlacing yarn in a series of
          connected loops using straight eyeless needles or by
          machine syn: knit, knitwork
     2: creating knitted wear
see also:
knit knitwork 
[5] : WordNet (r) 2.0
knitting
     see knit
see also:
knit 
[6] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
82 moby thesaurus words for "knitting":
   abbreviation, applique, astriction, astringency, basting, binding,
   bottleneck, braiding, buttonholing, cervix, circumscription,
   coarctation, compactedness, compaction, compression, compressure,
   concentration, condensation, consolidation, constriction,
   constringency, contraction, contracture, crochet, curtailment,
   decrease, diminuendo, embroidery, enlacement, entwinement,
   entwining, fabric, hourglass, hourglass figure, interknitting,
   interlacement, interlacery, interlacing, intertexture,
   interthreading, intertieing, intertwinement, intertwining,
   intertwisting, interweavement, interweaving, isthmus, lacing,
   macrame, narrow place, narrowing, neck, needlepoint, netting,
   petit point, plaiting, puckering, pursing, quilting, reduction,
   ribbing, shortening, solidification, stranglement, strangulation,
   striction, stricture, systole, tatting, texture, tissue, twining,
   twisting, warp and woof, warpage, wasp waist, weave, weaving, web,
   weftage, wreathing, wrinkling





Results 1 - 3 of 3 found about knitting:

Knitting >> K Words
Knitting, definition of term: Knitting
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Knitting Needle >> K Words
Knitting Needle, definition of term: Knitting Needle
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Knitting Machin >> K Words
Knitting Machin, definition of term: Knitting Machin
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