knit
To turn thread or yarn into a piece of fabric by forming loops that are pulled through…To turn thread or yarn into a piece of fabric by forming loops that are pulled through each other. This can be done by hand with needles or by machine.
» Have you finished knitting that sweater?
Hast du den Pullover schon zu Ende gestrickt?
Hast du den Pullover schon fertig gestrickt?
Ты закончила вязать свитер?
Ты довязала этот свитер?
Ты уже закончила вязать свитер?
Ты закончила вязать этот свитер?
Ти дов'язала светра?
Meaning
9 senses(ambitransitive)To turn thread or yarn into a piece of fabric by forming loops that are pulled through each other. This can be done by hand with needles or by machine.
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.
stricken
вяза́тьvjazátʹ, связа́тьsvjazátʹ
в'яза́тиvʺjazáty
(ambitransitive)To create a stitch by pulling the working yarn through an existing stitch from back to front.
Stitches that are knitted look like little V’s when seen from the front.
(figuratively, transitive)To join closely and firmly together.
The fight for survival knitted the men closely together.
спла́чиватьspláčivatʹ, сплоти́тьsplotítʹ
tie or link together
(intransitive)To become closely and firmly joined; become compacted.
(intransitive)To grow together.
All those seedlings knitted into a kaleidoscopic border.
(transitive)To combine from various elements.
The witness knitted together his testimony from contradictory pieces of hearsay.
(intransitive)To heal following a fracture.
I’ll go skiing again after my bones knit.
(transitive)To form into a knot, or into knots; to tie together, as cord; to fasten by tying.
(transitive)To draw together; to contract into wrinkles.
to gather something into small wrinkles or folds
Examples
222 sentencesHave you finished knitting that sweater?
Ти дов'язала светра?
ruТы закончила вязать свитер?
deHast du den Pullover schon zu Ende gestrickt?
Do you know how to knit?
Ти вмієш в'язати?
ruТы умеешь вязать?
I want to learn to knit.
Я хочу навчитися в'язати.
ruЯ хочу научиться вязать.
deIch will stricken lernen.
Does Tom know how to knit?
Том уміє в'язати?
ruТом умеет вязать?
Are you really knitting Tom a sweater?
Ти й насправді в'яжеш Тому светер?
ruТы правда вяжешь Тому свитер?
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 2
By meaning 1
Origin
Inherited from Middle English knytten, from Old English cnyttan, from Proto-West GermanicInherited from Middle English knytten, from Old English cnyttan, from Proto-West Germanic *knuttijan, from Proto-Germanic *knuttijaną, from *knuttô + *-janą.
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Forms
knits, knitting, knit, knitSynonyms
5 synonymsWord family
35 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
3 patterns- knitting a sweater
- how to knit
- is knitting a