knit 
knit /nɪt/ BrE AmE verb (present participle knitting) [intransitive and transitive] [Language: Old English; Origin: cnyttan] 1. (past tense and past participle knitted) to make clothing out of wool, using two ↑knitting needles ⇨ crochet: My grandmother taught me how to knit. She’s knitting a sweater. knit somebody something Emily knitted him some socks. 2. (past tense and past participle knitted) to use a ↑plain (=basic) knitting stitch: Knit one, purl one. 3. (past tense and past participle knit) to join people, things, or ideas more closely together, or to be joined closely together knit together In a good report, individual sentences knit together in a clear way that readers can follow. closely/tightly etc knit (=with all the members having close relationships) a closely knit community Harold is part of a tightly knit team. 4. (past tense and past participle knit) a bone that knits after being broken grows into one piece again knit together The pin holds the bones in place while they knit together. 5. knit your brows to show you are worried, thinking hard etc by moving your ↑eyebrows together —knitter noun [countable] ⇨ ↑close-knit, ↑tight-knit
knithu◎ | [nit] | ※ | động từ knitted, knit | | ■ | đan (len, sợi...) | | ■ | nối chặt, gắn chặt, thắt chặt, kết chặt | | ☆ | mortar knits bricks together | | hồ vữa kết chặt các hòn gạch lại với nhau | | ■ | liên kết chặt chẽ, ràng buộc chặt chẽ (trên cơ sở quyền lợi chung, do hôn nhân...) | | ☆ | a closely knit argument | | lý lẽ chặt chẽ | | ■ | cau, nhíu (lông mày), nhăn (trán) | | ☆ | to knit one's brows | | cau mày | | 〆 | to knit up | | ✓ | khâu lại chỗ rách, đan lại chỗ rách (ở bít tất...) | | ✓ | kết chặt, thắt chặt mối ràng buộc | | ✓ | kết thúc (cuộc tranh luận...) |
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