knit

Pronunciation: /nɪt/

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a fabric made by knitting
  2. noun a basic knitting stitch
  3. noun needlework created by interlacing yarn in a series of connected loops using straight eyeless needles or by machine

Etymology

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”). Cognate with Low German knütten and Old Norse knýta (whence Danish knytte, Norwegian Nynorsk knyta). More at knot.

In classic literature

Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
fabric
Narrower (hyponyms)
double knit, balbriggan, jersey, tricot, stockinet

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