The meaning of Knit

verb

Combine or unite to form one organization or structure.

Usage examples:

He amalgamated his company with another

verb

To join together or unite, or to cause to join together

Usage examples:

[ i ] the two towns amalgamated to combine their police and fire protection.

verb

To join or unite to form a larger organization or group, or to make separate organizations do this

Usage examples:

Amalgamate with sth the electricians' union is planning to amalgamate with the technicians' union.,…

verb

Tie or fasten (something) tightly together.

Usage examples:

They bound her hands and feet

noun

A problematical situation.

Usage examples:

He is in a bind that gets worse with every passing minute

verb

To tie someone or something tightly, or to fasten things together

Usage examples:

The room was full of wooden boxes bound with twisted wire., fig. the club is home to a mix of peopl…

verb

Mix (a substance) with another substance so that they combine together.

Usage examples:

Blend the cornflour with a tablespoon of water

noun

A mixture of different substances or other things.

Usage examples:

The chutney is a blend of bananas, raisins, and ginger

noun

Mix together different elements

noun

A relationship between people or groups based on shared feelings, interests, or experiences.

Usage examples:

There was a bond of understanding between them

verb

Join or be joined securely to something else, especially by means of an adhesive substance, heat, or pressure.

Usage examples:

Press the material to bond the layers together

noun

A close and lasting relationship between people

Usage examples:

The bond between parents and children is usually very strong., the county issued $4 million in bond…

verb

Come together to form one mass or whole.

Usage examples:

The puddles had coalesced into shallow streams

verb

To combine into a single group or thing

Usage examples:

[ i ] the theory is that galaxies coalesced from smaller groupings of stars.

verb

Join or merge to form a single unit or substance.

Usage examples:

Combine the flour with the margarine and salt

noun

A group of people or companies acting together for a commercial purpose.

Usage examples:

One of the world's biggest food and personal products combines

verb

Harvest (a crop) by means of a combine harvester.

Usage examples:

He combined ten acres of linseed

noun

A written or spoken agreement, especially one concerning employment, sales, or tenancy, that is intended to be enforceable by law.

Usage examples:

He has just signed a contract keeping him with the club

verb

Decrease in size, number, or range.

Usage examples:

Glass contracts as it cools

noun

A legal document that states and explains a formal agreement between two different people or groups, or the agreement itself

Usage examples:

She already has a contract for her next book with a publisher., i have no other contractual obligat…

noun

A line or ridge produced on paper or cloth by folding, pressing, or crushing.

Usage examples:

Khaki trousers with knife-edge creases

verb

Any of a number of lines marked on the pitch at specified places.

noun

A line or mark made on material by folding or pressing it, or a line in a person’s skin, esp. in the face

Usage examples:

There were tiny creases in her eye shadow., [ t ] a frown creased mr. cuna’s boyish face.

noun

A long, narrow trench made in the ground by a plough, especially for planting seeds or irrigation.

Usage examples:

Regular furrows in a ploughed field

verb

Make a rut, groove, or trail in (the ground or the surface of something).

Usage examples:

Gorges furrowing the deep-sea floor

noun

A long, narrow cut or fold in the surface of something

Usage examples:

The plow sped along the furrow, turning over the earth., he tried to smooth the furrow out of his j…

verb

Come together; assemble or accumulate.

Usage examples:

As soon as a crowd gathered, the police came

noun

A part of a garment that is gathered.

Usage examples:

This can be accomplished at side seams, the center back seam, gathers, pleats, darts or a combinati…

verb

Assemble or get together

noun

A fastening made by looping a piece of string, rope, or something similar on itself and tightening it.

Usage examples:

Tie a knot at the end of the cord

verb

Fasten with a knot.

Usage examples:

The scarves were knotted loosely around their throats

noun

A small, relatively short-billed sandpiper, with a reddish-brown or blackish breast in the breeding season.

Usage examples:

You can see red knots, dunlins, and sandpipers as they rest and forage for food on the beaches, usi…

noun

A collection of people, countries, or groups that combine for mutual protection or cooperation.

Usage examples:

The league of nations

verb

Join in a league or alliance.

Usage examples:

Oscar had leagued with other construction firms

noun

A former measure of distance by land, usually about three miles.

Usage examples:

In 1803 napoleon exiled her to twenty leagues, roughly fifty miles, from paris.

verb

Blend; combine.

Usage examples:

Australia's winemakers have melded modern science with traditional art

noun

A thing formed by melding; a combination.

Usage examples:

A meld of many contributions

noun

A completed set or run of cards in rummy, canasta, and other card games.

Usage examples:

His meld was poor and he lost

verb

Combine or cause to combine to form a single entity.

Usage examples:

The merchant bank merged with another broker

verb

To combine or join together

Usage examples:

[ i ] route 9a splits off from route 9, but they merge after 5 more miles.

verb

To join together, or to be joined together, to make a larger company, organization, department, etc.

Usage examples:

The two banks denied rumours that they aim to merge., the cable company announced plans to merge it…

verb

(especially with reference to a person's face) tightly gather or contract into wrinkles or small folds.

Usage examples:

The child's face puckered, ready to cry

noun

A tightly gathered wrinkle or small fold.

Usage examples:

A pucker between his eyebrows

verb

To press together and form small folds in something such as cloth or skin

Usage examples:

She puckered her lips and gave her grandma a kiss., [ m ] this hem is all puckered up., puckers wer…

collocation

Make a mess of, destroy or ruin

phrasal verb

Crush a piece of paper or fabric into a tight mass.

Usage examples:

He screwed the note up and threw it away

phrasal verb

Cause something to fail or go wrong.

Usage examples:

Why are you trying to screw up your life?

verb

Make or become tight or tighter.

Usage examples:

He tightened up the clips

verb

Make or become united, uniform, or whole.

Usage examples:

Opposition groups struggling to unify around the goal of replacing the regime

verb

Join or combine

verb

Come or bring together for a common purpose or action.

Usage examples:

He called on the party to unite

verb

Join or combine

verb

To bring different groups or things together to become one, or to join together to become one

Usage examples:

[ i ] the thirteen american colonies united to form a new nation.

noun

A slight line or fold in something, especially fabric or the skin of the face.

Usage examples:

She smoothed out the wrinkles from her skirt

verb

Make or cause lines or folds in (something, especially fabric or the skin).

Usage examples:

His hands and face were wrinkled by age

noun

A small line in the skin, or a small fold in cloth

Usage examples:

You need to iron out the wrinkles in your skirt., fig. we still need to iron out a few wrinkles (= …