knit
1. a fabric made by knitting (Freq. 1)
• Hypernyms:
fabric, cloth, material, textile
• Hyponyms:
balbriggan, double knit, jersey, stockinet, stockinette, tricot
2. a basic knitting stitch
• Syn:
knit stitch, plain, plain stitch
• Hypernyms:
knitting stitch
3. needlework created by interlacing yarn in a series of connected loops using straight eyeless needles or by machine
• Syn:
knitting, knitwork
• Derivationally related forms:
knit (for: knitting)
• Members of this Topic:
tie up, bind off
• Hypernyms:
needlework, needlecraft
1. make (textiles) by knitting (Freq. 2)
- knit a scarf
• Derivationally related forms:
knitter, knitting
• Topics:
handicraft
• Hypernyms:
create from raw material, create from raw stuff
• Hyponyms:
purl, rib
• Entailment:
sew, run up, sew together, stitch
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s something
- They knit the cape
2. tie or link together (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
entwine
• Hypernyms:
join, conjoin
• Hyponyms:
purl stitch, loop, intertwine
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s something PP
3. to gather something into small wrinkles or folds
- She puckered her lips
• Syn:
pucker, rumple, cockle, crumple
• Hypernyms:
wrinkle, ruckle, crease, crinkle, scrunch,
scrunch up, crisp
• Verb Group:
draw
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s (for: pucker)
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