Meaning

2 senses

  1. (transitive)To knit.

  2. (transitive)To girdle or encircle.

Origin

From the Middle English *beknitten, from the Old English becnyttan (“to knit around; tie u

From the Middle English *beknitten, from the Old English becnyttan (“to knit around; tie up; tie around; bind; surround”), equivalent to be- + knit.

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Forms

beknits, beknitting, beknit, beknit
Base formbeknit · to beknit
3rd person singularbeknits
Present participlebeknitting
Past simplebeknit / beknitted
Past participlebeknit / beknitted

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybeknit
he, she, itbeknits

Past simpleLesson

all personsbeknit

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave beknit
he, she, ithas beknit

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill beknit

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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