to knit

Examples

• All

• Her eyebrows knit in a concerned frown.

  Fiction book (1996)

• Kotya knit his brows and followed Mama and Auntie out of the corner of his eye.

  Fiction book (2001)

• Go home and let those bones knit.

  The Hard Hombre (1931)

• Despite whatever the government says, God knit those dear little babies together in your womb.

  Blog text (20)

• If you would be willing to sell it to me?" His dark eyebrows were knit together and his mouth was a flat, tense line.

  Academic text (2008)

• Her brows knit slightly as she turned a sort of pitying smile upon me.

  Fiction book (1998)

• Watching, Gary knits his brow: he looks wounded.

  Fiction book (2001)

• So it's a way of in a sense, welding the bone together, knitting it together and making it solidify.

• Pulling back the yellowed curtain, he glanced out the window and his eyebrows knit together in confusion.

  Blog text (9)

• Nyx poured wine, stared into it without drinking, her dark brows knit.

  Fiction book (1993)

Synonyms

W

to wrinkle

vsto knit

56 2.1

To make a small fold in cloth, paper, or skin

contracts material to form small wrinkles or furrows

G

to gather

vsto knit

• Specialized

36 6.1

Pull fabric together to make small folds

contracts material to form small wrinkles or furrows

C

to crumple

vsto knit

29 3.4

Get folded and wrinkled when pressed, like paper or cloth

contracts material to form small wrinkles or furrows

P

to pucker

vsto knit

25 5.2

To make small wrinkles in skin or cloth

contracts material to form small wrinkles or furrows

C

to crinkle

vsto knit

12 3.7

Form small lines on paper, skin, or cloth

contracts material to form small wrinkles or furrows

F

to furrow

vsto knit

11 5.8

To make lines or wrinkles in the skin, often on the forehead

contracts material to form small wrinkles or furrows

R

to rumple

vsto knit

6 5.4

To make clothes or hair wrinkled and messy

contracts material to form small wrinkles or furrows

C

to cockle

vsto knit

9.5

To make a surface form small waves or ripples

contracts material to form small wrinkles or furrows

Antonyms

E

to expand

805 2.5

To grow larger in size, amount, or importance

S

smooth

1 5.8

An act of making a surface even by rubbing or pressing

Idioms

K

to knit one's brows

• Informal

1 6.8

To move the eyebrows together in a small frown when thinking, confused, or worried

Phrasal Verbs

K

to knit together

2 3.9

Make people or groups work closely together as one

Compounds

T

tight-knit community

3 3.5

A group of people who know and help each other

T

tightly knit

3 3.7

A group whose members are close and support each other

C

closely knit

1 3.7

A group of people who help and support each other

D

double knit

• Specialized

1 5.1

A thick fabric made from two layers of thread joined together that holds its shape well

L

loosely knit

1 5.5

A group of people with weak informal connections

K

knit stitch

• Specialized

3.3

A basic loop made with needles when making cloth from yarn

How Wrinkled

to crumple

29 3.4

to furrow

1 6.0

to knit

3 4.2

to crease

18 2.3

to pucker

25 5.2

smooth

256 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology