Definition of knit

"knit" in the noun sense

1. knit

a fabric made by knitting

2. knit, knit stitch, plain, plain stitch

a basic knitting stitch made by putting the needle through the front of the stitch from the lefthand side

3. knit, knitting, knitwork

needlework created by interlacing yarn in a series of connected loops using straight eyeless needles or by machine

"knit" in the verb sense

1. knit

make (textiles) by knitting

"knit a scarf"

2. knit, entwine

tie or link together

3. pucker, rumple, cockle, crumple, knit

to gather something into small wrinkles or folds

"She puckered her lips"

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Quotations for knit

Come, knit hands, and beat the ground
In a light fantastic round. [ Milton ]

You ought to untie that knot which you knit yourself. [ Proverb ]

It is easy to say how we love new friends, and what we think of them, but words can never trace out all the fibers that knit us to the old. [ George Eliot ]

knit in Scrabble®

The word knit is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 8

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters knit:

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knit in Words With Friends™

The word knit is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 9

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters knit:

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Words within the letters of knit

2 letter words in knit (2 words)

3 letter words in knit (5 words)

4 letter words in knit (1 word)

knit + 1 blank (3 words)

Word Growth involving knit

Shorter words in knit

it nit

Longer words containing knit

closeknit

handknit handknits

handknit handknitted

handknit handknitting

interknit interknits

interknit interknitted

interknit interknitting

knits handknits

knits interknits

knits reknits

knittable

knitted handknitted

knitted interknitted

knitted nonknitted

knitted reknitted

knitted unknitted

knitter knitters

knitting handknitting

knitting interknitting

knitting reknitting

knitting unknitting

knitwear knitwears

reknit reknits

reknit reknitted

reknit reknitting

tightknit

unknit unknitted

unknit unknitting