CROCHET

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does crochet mean? 

• CROCHET (noun)
  The noun CROCHET has 1 sense:

1. needlework done by interlocking looped stitches with a hooked needle

  Familiarity information: CROCHET used as a noun is very rare.

• CROCHET (verb)
  The verb CROCHET has 2 senses:

1. create by looping or crocheting

2. make a piece of needlework by interlocking and looping thread with a hooked needle

  Familiarity information: CROCHET used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CROCHET (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Needlework done by interlocking looped stitches with a hooked needle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

crochet; crocheting

Hypernyms ("crochet" is a kind of...):

needlecraft; needlework (a creation created or assembled by needle and thread)

Derivation:

crochet (create by looping or crocheting)

• CROCHET (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they crochet    ... he / she / it crochets   
Past simple: crocheted   
Past participle: crocheted   
-ing form: crocheting   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Create by looping or crocheting

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Context example:

crochet a bedspread

Hypernyms (to "crochet" is one way to...):

create from raw material; create from raw stuff (make from scratch)

Verb group:

crochet; hook (make a piece of needlework by interlocking and looping thread with a hooked needle)

Domain category:

handicraft (a craft that requires skillful hands)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "crochet"):

shell stitch (make by shell stitching)

double crochet; double stitch (make by double stitching)

single crochet; single stitch (make by single stitching)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

They crochet the cape

Derivation:

crochet (needlework done by interlocking looped stitches with a hooked needle)

crocheting (creating a garment of needlework)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Make a piece of needlework by interlocking and looping thread with a hooked needle

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Synonyms:

crochet; hook

Context example:

She sat there crocheting all day

Hypernyms (to "crochet" is one way to...):

intertwine; loop (make a loop in)

Verb group:

crochet (create by looping or crocheting)

Domain category:

handicraft (a craft that requires skillful hands)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

crocheting (needlework done by interlocking looped stitches with a hooked needle)

 Context examples 

Her little airs and graces were much admired, so were her accomplishments, for besides her drawing, she could play twelve tunes, crochet, and read French without mispronouncing more than two-thirds of the words.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)