Knit Past Make Knitting Knitted Closely Broken Grow

 verb
(knit•ted, knit•ted) In senses 3 and 4 knit is usually used for the past tense and past participle.

1 [transitive, intransitive]to make clothes, etc. from wool or cotton thread using two long thin knitting needles or a machine~ (sth)I knitted this cardigan myself. Lucy was sitting on the sofa, knitting.~ sb sth She's knitting the baby a shawl.

2 [transitive, intransitive] ~ (sth) to use a basic stitchin knittingKnit one row, purl one row.

3 [transitive, intransitive] ~ (sb/sth) (together) to join people or things closely together or to be joined closely togethera closely/tightly knit community (= one in which relationships are very close) Society is knit together by certain commonly held beliefs.

4 [intransitive, transitive] ~ (sth) (of broken bones) to grow together again to form one piece; to make broken bones grow together again mend The bone failed to knit correctly.

knit your ˈbrow(s)to move your eyebrows together, to show that you are thinking hard, feeling angry, etc. frown  His brows were knitted in a permanent frown.

noun
[usually plural]a piece of clothing that has been knitted  winter knits