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To turn thread or yarn into a piece of fabric by forming loops that are pulled through each other. This can be done by hand with needles or by machine.
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The first generation knitted to order; the second still knits for its own use; the next leaves knitting to industrial manufacturers.
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To join closely and firmly together.
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The fight for survival knitted the men closely together.
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To become closely and firmly joined; become compacted.
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To grow together.
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All those seedlings knitted into a kaleidoscopic border.
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To combine from various elements.
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The witness knitted together his testimony from contradictory pieces of hearsay.
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Of bones: to heal following a fracture.
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I’ll go skiing again after my bones knit.
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To form into a knot, or into knots; to tie together, as cord; to fasten by tying.
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To draw together; to contract into wrinkles.