to crochet
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4.1
- verb
- /kroʊˈʃeɪ/
:
hacer ganchillo
- My grandmother taught me how to crochet using colorful yarn.
I, I met him for the first time at the last Wootstock that we did, and he wore crocheted underpants, so.
- I, I met him for the first time at the last Wootstock that we did, and he wore crocheted underpants, so.
- So I painted these little flowers on it, and now it looks like it belongs to somebody who crochets, like, little teacups and portraits of Guinea pigs.
Examples
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Rodney's interested in me teaching him how to crochet.
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Barb was the one cozily ensconced among the sofa cushions, crocheting a pink afghan.
Fiction book (1995) -
All right, well, I got to crochet my way out of this.
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Say, did you see me dancing? - Do you crochet, too?
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I'm going to try to crochet a coaster exactly like that one from memory.
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Crochet me a sweater before it gets any colder.
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Most people don't know how to knit or crochet, so they will not be impressed.
Blog text (1) -
Yeah, she's crocheting this massive doily for the couch.
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I'm learning how to crochet a warm scarf for the winter.
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She decided to crochet a gift for her friend's birthday.
Synonyms
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3.1
To make fabric by looping yarn with needles or a machine
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6.0
To make cloth by looping yarn with a bent needle, as in crochet
To make fabric by pulling yarn through one loop at a time
To make crochet rows or edges that form fan shapes
Compounds
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3.2
A needle with a small hook at one end used to pull yarn through loops to make fabric
- Specialized
A tall stitch made with a hook by pulling yarn through loops, taller than a single stitch
Surface Forms
Etymology
The verb crochet comes from the French crochet, meaning 'small hook', and from the older word croc meaning 'hook'. To crochet is to use that hooked needle to make loops of yarn into fabric, so the word means making objects or fabric with a hook.