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Word entry · 4 letters

knit

Best crossword clue

"Join with yarn"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /nɪt/Part of speech verb, nounSorted ikntStarts with KEnds with T2 cluesVery common crossword word
1K2N3I4T

Definitions

  1. to gather something into small wrinkles or folds

Word origin

From Middle English knytten, from Old English cnyttan (“to fasten, tie, bind, knit; add, append”), from Proto-West Germanic *knuttijan, from Proto-Germanic *knutjaną, *knuttijaną (“to make knots, knit”).

Used in a sentence

  • 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.
  • I knitted swatches in a cable pattern to see how the different hapazome tachniques and yarn weights affected the appearance of the cables.

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Join with yarn4 letters
02Make with yarn4 letters

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