(~s, ~ting, ~ted)
1.
If you ~ something, especially an article of clothing, you make it from wool or a similar thread by using two ~ting needles or a machine.
I had endless hours to ~ and sew...
I have already started ~ting baby clothes...
She ~ted him 10 pairs of socks to take with him...
During the war, Joan helped her mother ~ scarves for soldiers...
She pushed up the sleeves of her grey ~ted cardigan and got to work.
VERB: V, V n, V n n, V n for n, V-ed, also V n into n
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Knit is also a combining form.
Ferris wore a heavy ~ sweater.
COMB in ADJ: ADJ n
2.
If someone or something ~s things or people together, they make them fit or work together closely and successfully.
The best thing about sport is that it ~s the whole family close together...
Ordinary people have some reservations about their president’s drive to ~ them so closely to their neighbors.
VERB: V n with together , V n to/into n, also V n
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Knit is also a combining form.
...a tightly ~ society.
COMB in ADJ: usu ADJ n
3.
When broken bones ~, the broken pieces grow together again.
The bone hasn’t ~ted together properly.
...broken bones that have failed to ~.
VERB: V together , V
4.
If you ~ your brows or ~ your eyebrows, you frown because you are angry or worried. (LITERARY)
They ~ted their brows and started to grumble...
Billy’s eyebrows ~ted together in a little frown.
PHRASE: V inflects