knit

«knit» in Mova's judaism dictionary: To make clothes or other things from wool or yarn by… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (knit, knits, knitted or knit, knitting); noun (a knit — a knitted piece of clothing)

meaning for a pupil

1) To make clothes or other things from wool or yarn by looping it together with two long needles or a machine. tree →

2) Of broken bones: to join and grow back together. tree →

3) «Knit your brows» means to frown. tree →

sense in the lessons

Interpretation: The verse in Psalms about being knit in the womb is read as praise for God as the maker of each person's body, who knows every part of it. In the primary lessons: In design and technology or craft clubs children learn to knit scarves; grannies often knit jumpers. In science lessons on the body: a broken bone knits together as it heals. Phrases: «knitting needles», «a close-knit family» (a family who are very close to each other).

examples

• He straineth his tail like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs are knit together. (Writings JOB.40.17, JPS 1917) tree →
• For Thou hast made my reins; Thou hast knit me together in my mother's womb. (Writings PSA.139.13, JPS 1917) tree →
• So all the men of Israel were gathered against the city, knit together as one man. (Prophets JDG.20.11, JPS 1917) tree →
• Granny knitted me a woolly hat. tree →
• I'm learning to knit with big needles. tree →
• She knits while she watches TV. tree →
• The broken bone will knit together in six weeks. tree →
• We are a close-knit family. tree →
• He knitted his eyebrows and thought hard. tree →
• This jumper is a warm knit. tree →
• Marko, his brows knit, his legs contorted, was scarcely able to hold out.[60] tree →

note

The «k» is silent: say «nit». Past: «knitted» (usual for wool) or «knit» (often for bones and in «close-knit»). Homophone: «nit» (the egg of a head louse). Knitting uses needles; crochet uses one hook.

In the corpora

• So all the men of Israel were gathered against the city, knit together as one man.
• For Thou hast made my reins; Thou hast knit me together in my mother's womb.
• Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, and knit me together with bones and sinews.
• He straineth his tail like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs are knit together.
• People of all ages knit; the British Olympic diver Tom Daley was filmed knitting between events at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «knit» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.