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Verb: knit (knitted,knitting)  nit
  1. (handicraft) make (textiles) by knitting
    "knit a scarf"
     
  2. Tie or link together
    - entwine, intwine [archaic]
     
  3. To gather something into small wrinkles or folds
    "She knitted her lips";
    - pucker, rumple, cockle, crumple
Noun: knit  nit
  1. A fabric made by knitting
     
  2. A basic knitting stitch made by putting the needle through the front of the stitch from the lefthand side
    - knit stitch, plain, plain stitch
     
  3. Needlework created by interlacing yarn in a series of connected loops using straight eyeless needles or by machine
    - knitting, knitwork

Sounds like: knightly, nighknit

Derived forms: knits, knitted, knitting

Type of: cloth, conjoin [formal], crease [archaic], create from raw material, create from raw stuff, crinkle [archaic], crisp [archaic], fabric, join, knitting stitch, material, needlecraft, needlework, ruckle [archaic], scrunch [archaic], scrunch up [archaic], textile, wrinkle [archaic]

Encyclopedia: Knit