knit

1. (ambitransitive) To turn thread or yarn into a piece of fabric by forming loops that are pulled through each other. This can be done by hand with needles or by machine.Examples: "to knit a stocking"; "The first generation knitted to order; the second still knits for its own use; the next leaves knitting to industrial manufacturers."ambitransitive

2. (ambitransitive) To create a stitch by pulling the working yarn through an existing stitch from back to front.Examples: "Stitches that are knitted look like little V’s when seen from the front."ambitransitive

3. (figuratively, transitive) To join closely and firmly together.Examples: "The fight for survival knitted the men closely together."; "Lord of my love, to whom in vassalage Thy merit hath my duty strongly knit, To thee I send this written embassage,"; "And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul."figurativelytransitive

4. (intransitive) To become closely and firmly joined; become compacted.intransitive

5. (intransitive) To grow together.Examples: "All those seedlings knitted into a kaleidoscopic border."intransitive

6. (transitive) To combine from various elements.Examples: "The witness knitted together his testimony from contradictory pieces of hearsay."transitive