knit

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• intransitive verb To make (a fabric or garment) by intertwining yarn or thread in a series of connected loops either by hand, with knitting needles, or on a machine.
• intransitive verb To form (yarn or thread) into fabric by intertwining.
• intransitive verb To join closely; unite securely.
• intransitive verb To draw (the brows) together in wrinkles; furrow.
• intransitive verb To make a fabric or garment by knitting.
• intransitive verb To become securely joined or mended together closely, as a fractured bone.
• intransitive verb To come together in wrinkles or furrows, as the brows.
• noun A fabric or garment made by knitting.
• noun The way in which a fabric has been knit.

from The Century Dictionary.

• noun Union by knitting; knitted texture.
• noun Style or stitch of knitting; character of the work produced by knitting.
• noun In mining, a small particle of lead ore: commonly in the plural. Also nit, nitting.
• To tie together; tie with a knot; fasten by tying; join by making into or as into a knot or knots.
• Hence To join the parts or ingredients of; put together; compound.
• To weave by looping or knotting a continuous thread; form by working up yarn or thread with knitting-needles (see knitting-needle) into a fabric held together by a series of knots or interloopings: as, to knit stockings.
• To form as if by knotting or weaving; put together; join closely; bring into intimate union.
• To contract into folds or wrinkles: in the phrase to knit the brow or brows.
• To make a textile fabric by interlooping yarn or thread by means of needles, etc.; make knitted work.
• To unite closely; grow together: as, broken bones will in time knit and become sound.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• noun Union knitting; texture.
• intransitive verb To form a fabric by interlacing yarn or thread; to weave by making knots or loops.
• intransitive verb To be united closely; to grow together.
• intransitive verb [Obs.] to wind up; to conclude; to come to a close.
• transitive verb To form into a knot, or into knots; to tie together, as cord; to fasten by tying.
• transitive verb To form, as a textile fabric, by the interlacing of yarn or thread in a series of connected loops, by means of needles, either by hand or by machinery.
• transitive verb To join; to cause to grow together.
• transitive verb To unite closely; to connect; to engage.
• transitive verb To draw together; to contract into wrinkles.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

• verb transitive and (intransitive) To turn thread or yarn into a piece of fabric by forming loops that are pulled through each other. This can be done by hand with needles or by machine.
• verb figuratively (transitive) To join closely and firmly together.
• verb intransitive To become closely and firmly joined; become compact(ed).
• verb intransitive To grow together.
• verb transitive To combine from various elements.
• verb intransitive To heal (of bones) following a fracture.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• noun needlework created by interlacing yarn in a series of connected loops using straight eyeless needles or by machine
• noun a fabric made by knitting
• noun a basic knitting stitch
• verb tie or link together
• verb make (textiles) by knitting
• verb to gather something into small wrinkles or folds