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| knitting | |
| 1. n. The action of the verb to knit; the process of producing knitted material. |  |
| I find knitting very relaxing. | |
| 2. n. Material that has been, or is being knitted. | |
| She put down her knitting and went to answer the phone. | |
| 3. n. (rail transport, informal, UK) overhead electrification wires, OHLE | |
| knit | |
| 1. v. 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. | |
| to knit a stocking | |
| The first generation knitted to order; the second still knits for its own use; the next leaves knitting to industrial manufacturers. | |
| 2. v. (figuratively, transitive) To join closely and firmly together. | |
| The fight for survival knitted the men closely together. | |
| 3. v. (intransitive) To become closely and firmly joined; become compacted. | |
| 4. v. (intransitive) To grow together. | |
| All those seedlings knitted into a kaleidoscopic border. | |
| 5. v. To combine from various elements. | |
| The witness knitted together his testimony from contradictory pieces of hearsay. | |
| 6. v. (intransitive) Of bones: to heal following a fracture. | |
| I’ll go skiing again after my bones knit. | |
| 7. v. To form into a knot, or into knots; to tie together, as cord; to fasten by tying. | |
| 8. v. To draw together; to contract into wrinkles. | |
| 9. n. A knitted garment. | |
| 10. n. A session of knitting. | |
