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knitting
編織品;編織物;編織法
Knit v. t. [imp. & p. p. Knit or Knitted; p. pr. & vb. n. Knitting.]
1. To form into a knot, or into knots; to tie together, as cord; to fasten by tying.
A great sheet knit at the four corners. --Acts x. 11.
When your head did but ache,
I knit my handkercher about your brows. --Shak.
2. 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.
3. To join; to cause to grow together.
Nature can not knit the bones while the parts are under a discharge. --Wiseman.
4. To unite closely; to connect; to engage; as, hearts knit together in love.
Thy merit hath my duty strongly knit. --Shak.
Come, knit hands, and beat the ground,
In a light fantastic round. --Milton (Comus).
A link among the days, toknit
The generations each to each. --Tennyson.
5. To draw together; to contract into wrinkles.
He knits his brow and shows an angry eye. --Shak.
Knit·ting n.
1. The work of a knitter; the network formed by knitting; knitwork.
2. Union formed by knitting, as of bones.
Knitting machine, one of a number of contrivances for mechanically knitting stockings, jerseys, and the like.
Knitting needle, a stiff rod, as of steel wire, with rounded ends for knitting yarn or threads into a fabric, as in stockings.
Knitting sheath, a sheath to receive the end of a needle in knitting.
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knit
n 1: a fabric made by knitting [syn: knitted fabric]
2: a basic knitting stitch [syn: knit stitch, plain, plain
stitch]
3: needlework created by interlacing yarn in a series of
connected loops using straight eyeless needles or by
machine [syn: knitting, knitwork]
v 1: make (textiles) by knitting; "knit a scarf"
2: tie or link together [syn: entwine]
3: to gather something into small wrinkles or folds; "She
puckered her lips" [syn: pucker, rumple, cockle, crumple]
[also: knitting, knitted]
knitting
n 1: needlework created by interlacing yarn in a series of
connected loops using straight eyeless needles or by
machine [syn: knit, knitwork]
2: creating knitted wear