knitted
part of speech
adjective (knitted); past form of the verb knit (knit, knits, knitted or knit, knitting)
meaning for a pupil
1) Knitted means made by knitting, by looping wool or yarn together with two long needles or a machine: "a knitted scarf". tree →
2) (verb) Knitted is the past form of knit: "Grandma knitted me a hat". tree →
3) Knitted brows (a frown) means eyebrows pulled together in worry or thought. tree →
4) A broken bone that has knitted has joined and healed. tree →
5) Close-knit means closely joined, like a close-knit family. tree →
sense in the lessons
In everyday life and stories, knitted jumpers, scarves and hats are warm handmade gifts. In maths, knitting patterns use rows and stitches: 20 rows of 30 stitches is 600 stitches. In science, bones knit back together after a break. Phrases: hand-knitted, knitted jumper, close-knit, knitted her brows.
examples
- Grandma knitted me a red jumper. tree →
- I wore my knitted hat in the snow. tree →
- She knitted 10 rows a day, so 70 rows took a week. tree →
- He knitted his brows and thought hard. tree →
- The broken arm knitted together in six weeks. tree →
- We are a close-knit family. tree →
- The knitted toy rabbit is soft and floppy. tree →
- As for the ladies, the girls twisted silken scarves round his plumed hat, and their mothers knitted him gloves of all colours, to keep out the cold. tree →
note
Past form: knitted (most common) or knit. The k is silent: "NIT-ted". Do not confuse knit with nit (a louse egg) — they sound the same.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «knitted» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.