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# knit

verb (knit, knits, knitted or knit, knitting); noun (a knit — a knitted piece of clothing)

«knit» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To make clothes or other things from wool or yarn by looping it together with two long needles or a machine. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/knit/#m1)
2. Of broken bones: to join and grow back together. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/knit/#m2)
3. «Knit your brows» means to frown. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/knit/#m3)

### In the lessons

In design and technology or craft clubs children learn to knit scarves; grannies often knit jumpers. In science lessons on the body: a broken bone knits together as it heals. Phrases: «knitting needles», «a close-knit family» (a family who are very close to each other).

### Examples

- Granny knitted me a woolly hat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/knit/#x1)
- I'm learning to knit with big needles. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/knit/#x2)
- She knits while she watches TV. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/knit/#x3)
- The broken bone will knit together in six weeks. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/knit/#x4)
- We are a close-knit family. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/knit/#x5)
- He knitted his eyebrows and thought hard. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/knit/#x6)
- This jumper is a warm knit. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/knit/#x7)
- Marko, his brows knit, his legs contorted, was scarcely able to hold out.\[60\] [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/knit/#x8)

### Note

The «k» is silent: say «nit». Past: «knitted» (usual for wool) or «knit» (often for bones and in «close-knit»). Homophone: «nit» (the egg of a head louse). Knitting uses needles; crochet uses one hook.

## In Jewish tradition

Interpretation: The verse in Psalms about being knit in the womb is read as praise for God as the maker of each person's body, who knows every part of it. In the primary lessons: In design and technology or craft clubs children learn to knit scarves; grannies often knit jumpers. In science lessons on the body: a broken bone knits together as it heals. Phrases: «knitting needles», «a close-knit family» (a family who are very close to each other).

### Examples

- He straineth his tail like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs are knit together. (Writings JOB.40.17, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/K/knit/#x1)
- For Thou hast made my reins; Thou hast knit me together in my mother's womb. (Writings PSA.139.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/K/knit/#x2)
- So all the men of Israel were gathered against the city, knit together as one man. (Prophets JDG.20.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/K/knit/#x3)

### Note

The «k» is silent: say «nit». Past: «knitted» (usual for wool) or «knit» (often for bones and in «close-knit»). Homophone: «nit» (the egg of a head louse). Knitting uses needles; crochet uses one hook.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «knit» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/knit/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«knit» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/knit.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «knit» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/K/knit/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«knit» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/knit.html) on Mova free.