Synonyms for knitted

Grammar : Adj

Spell : nit-id

Phonetic Transcription : ˈnɪt ɪd

Définition of knitted

Origin : Old English cnyttan "to tie with a knot, bind, fasten," related to Old Norse knytja "bind together," Middle Low German knütten "to tie, knot," Old English cnotta "a knot," from Proto-Germanic *knuttjan, from stem *knutt-. Of brows, late 14c. Meaning "to do knitting" (especially plain stitch) is from 1520s. Related: Knitted; knitting.

adj knit

Example sentences :

Strange, by what slender threads our lives are knitted to each other!
Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson

He looked from under his knitted brows at the newspaper man.
Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr

She knitted her brows over this fresh specimen of American slang.
Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance

Hetty knitted her brows, and looked at him in her turn, scrutinizingly.
Extract from : « Hetty's Strange History » by Anonymous

Knitted, in her own stitches and her own symbols, it will always be as plain to her as the sun.
Extract from : « A Tale of Two Cities » by Charles Dickens

He knitted his brows and tried to think how he could help his friend.
Extract from : « Where Angels Fear to Tread » by E. M. Forster

Thorpe hesitated, and knitted his brows in the effort to remember names.
Extract from : « The Market-Place » by Harold Frederic

The material most proper for them is floss wool, and they should be knitted with steel pins.
Extract from : « The Ladies' Work-Table Book » by Anonymous

This purse should be knitted with second sized netting silk, No. 13.
Extract from : « The Ladies' Work-Table Book » by Anonymous

But suddenly she knitted her brows in a Mephistophelian frown.
Extract from : « Under Western Eyes » by Joseph Conrad

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