Antonyms for knit together


Grammar : Adj
Spell : nit
Phonetic Transcription : nɪt


Definition of knit together

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.
  • As in related : adj connected, accompanying
Example sentences :
  • Flesh of my flesh have you been, and soul of my soul, for in the web of sorceries are we knit together.
  • Extract from : « The Wizard » by H. Rider Haggard
  • Let the peace-pipe be lighted; we come not for strife, but to be knit together.
  • Extract from : « The Bridge of the Gods » by Frederic Homer Balch
  • They had been knit together in the strongest bonds of filial love.
  • Extract from : « Johnny Ludlow, Second Series » by Mrs. Henry Wood
  • And your souls shall be knit together, and nothing shall be able to dissolve them.
  • Extract from : « Lydia Knight's History » by Susa Gates
  • Their lives have been knit together in the fellowship of suffering.
  • Extract from : « Religion and the War » by Various
  • Your hearts are knit together by a habit of growth, and a unanimity of desire.
  • Extract from : « Dream Life » by Donald G. Mitchell
  • The intriguing courtiers are dull, and their talk is not knit together.
  • Extract from : « The Poetry Of Robert Browning » by Stopford A. Brooke
  • I knit together the mountains and whatsoever liveth on them.
  • Extract from : « The Literature of the Ancient Egyptians » by E. A. Wallis Budge
  • The chestnuts and bitternuts had time to knit together before the extreme heat and gave a splendid stand.
  • Extract from : « Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Twenty-Fifth Annual Meeting » by Northern Nut Growers Association
  • Our souls cannot have been knit together by ties of the sweetest trust, only to be rent for ever asunder!
  • Extract from : « The Wanderer (Volume 5 of 5) » by Fanny Burney

Synonyms for knit together

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