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Knit

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Verb group 2

Draw 84% connected

To cause to move continuously by force applied in advance of the thing moved; to pull along; to haul; to drag; to cause to follow.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Draw 84% connected

To cause to move continuously by force applied in advance of the thing moved; to pull along; to haul; to drag; to cause to follow.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Broader term 12

Cloth 76% connected

A fabric made of fibrous material (or sometimes of wire, as in wire cloth); commonly, a woven fabric of cotton, woolen, or linen, adapted to be made…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Conjoin 76% connected

To join together; to unite.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Crease 76% connected

See Creese.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Crinkle 76% connected

To form with short turns, bends, or wrinkles; to mold into inequalities or sinuosities; to cause to wrinkle or curl.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Crisp 76% connected

Curling in stiff curls or ringlets; as, crisp hair.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Fabric 76% connected

The structure of anything; the manner in which the parts of a thing are united; workmanship; texture; make; as cloth of a beautiful fabric.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Join 76% connected

To bring together, literally or figuratively; to place in contact; to connect; to couple; to unite; to combine; to associate; to add; to append.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Material 76% connected

Consisting of matter; not spiritual; corporeal; physical; as, material substance or bodies.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Needlework 76% connected

Work executed with a needle; sewed work; sewing; embroidery; also, the business of a seamstress.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Scrunch 76% connected

To scranch; to crunch.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Textile 76% connected

Pertaining to weaving or to woven fabrics; as, textile arts; woven, capable of being woven; formed by weaving; as, textile fabrics.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Wrinkle 76% connected

A winkle.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Manner of action 4

Intertwine 76% connected

To unite by twining one with another; to entangle; to interlace.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Loop 76% connected

A mass of iron in a pasty condition gathered into a ball for the tilt hammer or rolls.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Purl 76% connected

To decorate with fringe or embroidery.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Rib 76% connected

One of the curved bones attached to the vertebral column and supporting the lateral walls of the thorax.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Narrower term 3

Jersey 76% connected

The finest of wool separated from the rest; combed wool; also, fine yarn of wool.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Stockinet 76% connected

An elastic textile fabric imitating knitting, of which stockings, under-garments, etc., are made.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Tricot 76% connected

A fabric of woolen, silk, or cotton knitted, or women to resemble knitted work.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Derivationally related 6

Entwine 74% connected

To twine, twist, or wreathe together or round.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Entwine 74% connected

To twine, twist, or wreathe together or round.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Knitter 74% connected

One who, or that which, knits, joins, or unites; a knitting machine.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Knitter 74% connected

One who, or that which, knits, joins, or unites; a knitting machine.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Entails 2

Sew 72% connected

Juice; gravy; a seasoned dish; a delicacy.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Stitch 72% connected

A single pass of a needle in sewing; the loop or turn of the thread thus made.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Synonym 7

Cockle 92% connected

A bivalve mollusk, with radiating ribs, of the genus Cardium, especially C. edule, used in Europe for food; -- sometimes applied to similar shells of…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Crumple 92% connected

To draw or press into wrinkles or folds; to crush together; to rumple; as, to crumple paper.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Entwine 92% connected

To twine, twist, or wreathe together or round.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Knitting 92% connected

of Knit

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Plain 92% connected

To lament; to bewail; to complain.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Pucker 92% connected

To gather into small folds or wrinkles; to contract into ridges and furrows; to corrugate; -- often with up; as, to pucker up the mouth.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Rumple 92% connected

To make uneven; to form into irregular inequalities; to wrinkle; to crumple; as, to rumple an apron or a cravat.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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