knit

US: /ˈnɪt/
UK: /nˈɪt/


English Vietnamese dictionary


knit /nit/
  • động từ knitted, knit
    • đan (len, sợi...)
    • ((thường) together) nối chặt, gắn chặt, thắt chặt, kết chặt
      • mortar knits bricks together: vừa kết chặt các hòn gạch lại với nhau
    • ((thường) together) liên kết chặt chẽ, ràng buộc chặt chẽ (trên cơ sở quyền lợi chung, do hôn nhân...)
    • ((thường) động tính từ quá khứ) có cấu trúc vững chắc, có cấu trúc chặt chẽ
      • a closely knit argument: lý lẽ chặt chẽ
    • cau, nhíu (lông mày), nhăn (trán)
      • to knit one's brows: cau mày
    • to knit up
      • mạng lại chỗ rách, đan lại chỗ rách (ở bít tất...)
    • kết chặt, thắt chặt mối ràng buộc
    • kết thúc (cuộc tranh luận...)

Advanced English dictionary


verb, noun
+ verb (knitted, knitted)
Help Note: In senses 3 and 4 knit is usually used for the past tense and past participle.
1 to make clothes, etc. from woollen or cotton thread using two long thin KNITTING NEEDLES or a machine: [VN] I knitted this cardigan myself. + [VNN] She's knitting the baby a shawl. + [V] Lucy was sitting on the sofa, knitting.
2 to use a basic stitch in knitting: [VN] Knit one row, purl one row. [also V]
3 ~ (sb/sth) (together) to join people or things closely together or to be joined closely together: [VN] a closely / tightly knit community (= one in which relationships are very close) + Society is knit together by certain commonly held beliefs. [also V]
4 (of broken bones) to grow together again to form one piece; to make broken bones grow together again: [V] The bone failed to knit correctly. [also VN]
Idioms: knit your brow(s) to move your EYEBROWS together, to show that you are thinking hard, feeling angry, etc: His brows were knitted in a permanent frown.
+ noun [usually pl.] a piece of clothing that has been knitted: winter knits(also knit) + adjective
made by knitting wool or thread: knitted gloves + a white knit dress + a hand-knitted sweater + a cotton-knit shirt

Thesaurus dictionary


v.
1 join or fasten or weave (together), interweave, interlace, interconnect, intertwine, link, bind, unite, tie (up or together), consolidate, combine, compact:
He was the first king to succeed in knitting together the diverse elements of the empire
2 grow (together), heal, mend, join:
The broken bones will knit in about a month.
3 furrow, contract, wrinkle, knot, crease:
He knit his brow and sighed.

Concise English dictionary


knitted|knitting|knitsnɪt
noun
+a fabric made by knitting
+a basic knitting stitch
+needlework created by interlacing yarn in a series of connected loops using straight eyeless needles or by machine
verb
+make (textiles) by knitting
+tie or link together
+to gather something into small wrinkles or folds