knit | (noun) needlework created by interlacing yarn in a series of connected loops using straight eyeless needles or by machine | Synonyms: knitting, knitwork |
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(noun) a basic knitting stitch made by putting the needle through the front of the stitch from the lefthand side | Synonyms: knit stitch, plain, plain stitch |
(noun) a fabric made by knitting | - |
(verb) to gather something into small wrinkles or folds | Synonyms: cockle, crumple, pucker, rumple |
(verb) make (textiles) by knitting | - |
(verb) tie or link together | Synonyms: entwine |
nit | (noun) egg or young of an insect parasitic on mammals especially a sucking louse; often attached to a hair or item of clothing | - |
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(noun) a luminance unit equal to 1 candle per square meter measured perpendicular to the rays from the source | - |
sennit | (noun) flat braided cordage that is used on ships | - |
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snit | (noun) a state of agitated irritation | - |
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subunit | (noun) a monetary unit that is valued at a fraction (usually one hundredth) of the basic monetary unit | Synonyms: fractional monetary unit |
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unit | (noun) an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity | Synonyms: whole |
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(noun) a single undivided whole | - |
(noun) an organization regarded as part of a larger social group | Synonyms: social unit |
(noun) a single undivided natural thing occurring in the composition of something else | Synonyms: building block |
(noun) any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange | Synonyms: unit of measurement |
(noun) an individual or group or structure or other entity regarded as a structural or functional constituent of a whole | - |
whodunit | (noun) a story about a crime (usually murder) presented as a novel or play or movie | Synonyms: mystery, mystery story |
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