knit
knit is a 4-letter English word with 15 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: of Knit. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- past tense & past participle. of Knit
- transitive verb. To form into a knot, or into knots; to tie together, as cord; to fasten by tying.
- transitive verb. 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.
- transitive verb. To join; to cause to grow together.
- transitive verb. To unite closely; to connect; to engage; as, hearts knit together in love.
- transitive verb. To draw together; to contract into wrinkles.
- intransitive verb. To form a fabric by interlacing yarn or thread; to weave by making knots or loops.
- intransitive verb. To be united closely; to grow together; as, broken bones will in time knit and become sound.
- noun. Union knitting; texture.
- noun. needlework created by interlacing yarn in a series of connected loops using straight eyeless needles or by machine
- noun. a basic knitting stitch
- noun. a fabric made by knitting
- verb. to gather something into small wrinkles or folds
"She puckered her lips"
- verb. make (textiles) by knitting
"knit a scarf"
- verb. tie or link together
Synonyms
knitting, knitwork, plain, cockle, crumple, pucker, rumple, entwine
Anagrams
Other playable words that use exactly the letters in knit:
Common word forms
knits, knitted, knitter, knitting
Words from these letters
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