'Knitting' definitions:
Definition of 'knitting'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Knitting'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Definition of 'Knitting'
From: GCIDE
- Knit \Knit\ (n[i^]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[=y]ta, 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]
Synonyms of 'knitting'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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