knitting Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun needlework created by interlacing yarn in a series of connected loops using straight eyeless needles or by machine
    knit; knitwork.
  2. noun creating knitted wear
  3. verb make (textiles) by knitting
    knit.
    • knit a scarf
  4. verb tie or link together
    entwine; knit.
  5. verb to gather something into small wrinkles or folds
    knit; rumple; pucker; crumple; cockle.
    • She puckered her lips

WordNet


Knit"ting noun
Definitions
  1. The work of a knitter; the network formed by knitting.
  2. Union formed by knitting, as of bones.

Webster 1913