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
- 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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