reknit
verb[IorT]
(alsore-knit)uk/ˌriːˈnɪt/us/ˌriːˈnɪt/reknitverb[I or T](MAKE CLOTHES)
present participlereknitting|past tense and past participlereknittedorreknit
toknit(= makeclothesusing twolongneedlesandwool, etc.)again:
I had toundothe back and reknit it.
Iunpickedand re-knitted everysinglepartof thejacket.
- I must have re-knit thissweaterat least fourtimes.
- Seeing thefinishedgarmentmade itworthall themessingaround and reknitting that I had to do.
- After Irealizedwhere I had been goingwrong, Ibeganto reknit in ahappierstateofmind.
Knitting & sewing
- appliqué
- appliquéd
- Aran
- Bargello
- baste
- haberdashery
- handknit
- handknitted
- hank
- hem
- quilting
- resew
- rib
- runsomethingup
- running stitch
- sampler
- seam
- seamstress
- sew
- stitch
reknitverb[I or T](JOIN)
present participlereknitting|past tense and past participlereknit
tojoinor come together again, or to make something do this:
Themuscledid not re-knit well after theinjury.
Thevictimsaretryingto reknittheirlives.
Thisoncedeeplydividedcountryhas now reknit itself.
- Thefleshhasstartedto re-knit around thebone.
- Thecommunitygraduallybeganto reknit.
Connecting and combining
- abut
- additive
- adjoin
- affix
- agglutinate
- aggregation
- articulation
- desegregate
- desegregation
- dovetail
- eclectic
- eclectically
- hyphenate
- link(something)up
- linkage
- lumpsomeone/somethingtogether
- marriage
- marry
- weaving
- yoke