verb 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.
to knit a stocking
verb To create a stitch by pulling the working yarn through an existing stitch from back to front.
Stitches that are knitted look like little V’s when seen from the front.
verb To join closely and firmly together.
The fight for survival knitted the men closely together.
verb To become closely and firmly joined; become compacted.
verb To grow together.
All those seedlings knitted into a kaleidoscopic border.
verb To combine from various elements.
The witness knitted together his testimony from contradictory pieces of hearsay.
verb To heal following a fracture.
I’ll go skiing again after my bones knit.
verb To form into a knot, or into knots; to tie together, as cord; to fasten by tying.