knit

CEFRB1

/nɪt/

verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To make clothing by looping wool or thread together with needles.

  2. 02

    verb

    To join people or things closely together.

Examples

  • It must have been difficult for her to knit this sweater.

  • Stitches that are knitted look like little V’s when seen from the front.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. To create a stitch by pulling the working yarn through an existing stitch from back to front.

  2. To join closely and firmly together.

  3. 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.

More examples

In context

  • The first generation knitted to order; the second still knits for its own use; the next leaves knitting to industrial manufacturers.

  • Tom likes to knit.

  • to knit a stocking

Quick test

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

My grandmother likes to blank warm sweaters for the whole family during the winter.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

verb

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.