knitted : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: knitted	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for knitted
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
knitted adj made by intertwining threads in a series of connected loops rather than by weaving; "knitted garments"; "a hand-knitted sweater"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Knit \Knit\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Knit} or {Knitted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Knitting}.] [OE. knitten, knutten, As. cnyttan, fr. cnotta knot; akin to Icel. kn[?]ta, Sw. knyta, Dan. knytte. See {Knot}.] 1. To form into a knot, or into knots; to tie together, as cord; to fasten by tying. A great sheet knit at the four corners. --Acts x. 11. When your head did but ache, I knit my handkercher about your brows. --Shak. 2. To form, as a textile fabric, by the interlacing of yarn or thread in a series of connected loops, by means of needles, either by hand or by machinery; as, to knit stockings. 3. To join; to cause to grow together. Nature can not knit the bones while the parts are under a discharge. --Wiseman. 4. To unite closely; to connect; to engage; as, hearts knit together in love. Thy merit hath my duty strongly knit. --Shak. Come, knit hands, and beat the ground, In a light fantastic round. --Milton. A link among the days, toknit The generations each to each. --Tennyson. 5. To draw together; to contract into wrinkles. He knits his brow and shows an angry eye. --Shak.