KNITTING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does knitting mean? 

• KNITTING (noun)
  The noun KNITTING has 2 senses:

1. needlework created by interlacing yarn in a series of connected loops using straight eyeless needles or by machine

2. creating knitted wear

  Familiarity information: KNITTING used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• KNITTING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Needlework created by interlacing yarn in a series of connected loops using straight eyeless needles or by machine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

knit; knitting; knitwork

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

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

Domain member category:

bind off; tie up (finish the last row)

Derivation:

knit (make (textiles) by knitting)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Creating knitted wear

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

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

handicraft (a craft that requires skillful hands)

Derivation:

knit (make (textiles) by knitting)

 Context examples 

“Ha!” said my aunt, knitting her brows thoughtfully, and glancing at Agnes.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

He shot a mischievous glance at my mother as he spoke, and she laid down her knitting on her lap and looked very earnestly at him.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Mrs. Fairfax had dropped her knitting, and, with raised eyebrows, seemed wondering what sort of talk this was.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

And again, on Emma's merely turning her head to look at Mrs. Bates's knitting, she added, in a half whisper, I mentioned no names, you will observe.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

Material formed by weaving, knitting, felting, or pressing fibers together.

(Cloth, NCI Thesaurus)

Nilson was as cheerful as could be expected, for his broken leg was knitting nicely; but the Cockney was desperately melancholy, and I was aware of a great sympathy for the unfortunate creature.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Mrs. Harker says that they are knitting together in chronological order every scrap of evidence they have.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Yes, said Jo, knitting her brows, that's just it.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Only one window showed a light behind them; in it there stood a lamp, and beside it, seated at a table, was a dear old ruddy-faced woman in a country cap. She was bending over her knitting and stopping occasionally to stroke a large black cat upon a stool beside her.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

If you are attached, this full moon could find you knitting baby booties and preparing a bassinette for a pregnancy—perhaps one that you’ve long wanted—that could happen now or very soon.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)