"knit" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈnɪt/ Audio: en-uk-knit.ogg [UK] Forms: knits [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪt Etymology: From Middle English knytten, from Old English cnyttan (“to fasten, tie, bind, knit; add, append”), from Proto-West Germanic *knuttijan, from Proto-Germanic *knutjaną, *knuttijaną (“to make knots, knit”). Cognate with Low German knütten and Old Norse knýta (whence Danish knytte, Norwegian Nynorsk knyta). More at knot. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|knytten}} Middle English knytten, {{inh|en|ang|cnyttan||to fasten, tie, bind, knit; add, append}} Old English cnyttan (“to fasten, tie, bind, knit; add, append”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*knuttijan}} Proto-West Germanic *knuttijan, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*knutjaną}} Proto-Germanic *knutjaną, {{m|gem-pro|*knuttijaną||to make knots, knit}} *knuttijaną (“to make knots, knit”), {{cog|nds|knütten}} Low German knütten, {{cog|non|knýta}} Old Norse knýta, {{cog|da|knytte}} Danish knytte, {{cog|nn|knyta}} Norwegian Nynorsk knyta, {{l|en|knot}} knot Head templates: {{en-noun}} knit (plural knits)
  1. A knitted garment.
    Sense id: en-knit-en-noun-415j62XH
  2. A session of knitting. Categories (topical): Knitting
    Sense id: en-knit-en-noun-MgRV0bWm Disambiguation of Knitting: 4 44 12 3 7 4 7 5 3 11
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: double knit, warp knit

Verb

IPA: /ˈnɪt/ Audio: en-uk-knit.ogg [UK] Forms: knits [present, singular, third-person], knitting [participle, present], knit [participle, past], knit [past], knitted [participle, past], knitted [past]
Rhymes: -ɪt Etymology: From Middle English knytten, from Old English cnyttan (“to fasten, tie, bind, knit; add, append”), from Proto-West Germanic *knuttijan, from Proto-Germanic *knutjaną, *knuttijaną (“to make knots, knit”). Cognate with Low German knütten and Old Norse knýta (whence Danish knytte, Norwegian Nynorsk knyta). More at knot. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|knytten}} Middle English knytten, {{inh|en|ang|cnyttan||to fasten, tie, bind, knit; add, append}} Old English cnyttan (“to fasten, tie, bind, knit; add, append”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*knuttijan}} Proto-West Germanic *knuttijan, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*knutjaną}} Proto-Germanic *knutjaną, {{m|gem-pro|*knuttijaną||to make knots, knit}} *knuttijaną (“to make knots, knit”), {{cog|nds|knütten}} Low German knütten, {{cog|non|knýta}} Old Norse knýta, {{cog|da|knytte}} Danish knytte, {{cog|nn|knyta}} Norwegian Nynorsk knyta, {{l|en|knot}} knot Head templates: {{en-verb|knits|knitting|knit|past2=knitted}} knit (third-person singular simple present knits, present participle knitting, simple past and past participle knit or knitted)
  1. (transitive, 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. Tags: intransitive, transitive Translations (to make fabric from thread or yarn): حَاكَ (ḥāka) (Arabic), հյուսել (hyusel) (Armenian), ܣܵܪܹܓ݂ (sārēḡ) (Assyrian Neo-Aramaic), toxumaq (Azerbaijani), бәйләү (bəyləw) (Bashkir), бәйҙәү (bəyləw) (Bashkir), вяза́ць (vjazácʹ) (Belarusian), плета́ (pletá) (Bulgarian), ထိုး (htui:) (Burmese), fer mitja (Catalan), چنین (çnîn) (Central Kurdish), 編織 (Chinese Mandarin), 编织 (biānzhī) (Chinese Mandarin), (Chinese Mandarin), (zhī) (Chinese Mandarin), gwia (Cornish), plést (Czech), strikke (Danish), breien (Dutch), triki (Esperanto), binda (Faroese), neuloa (Finnish), kutoa [regional] (Finnish), tricoter (French), ქსოვა (ksova) (Georgian), stricken (German), πλέκω (pléko) (Greek), סָרַג (sarág) (Hebrew), बुनना (bunnā) (Hindi), köt (Hungarian), prjóna (Icelandic), cniotáil (Irish), lavorare a maglia (Italian), 編む (amu) (alt: あむ) (Japanese), ស្រែះ (sreh) (Khmer), ចាក់ (cak) (Khmer), 뜨다 (tteuda) (Korean), ຖັກ (thak) (Lao), adeit (Latgalian), adīt (Latvian), megzti (Lithuanian), strécken (Luxembourgish), пле́те (pléte) (Macedonian), manao ba (Malagasy), nitiniti (Maori), сүлжих (sülžix) (Mongolian), ouvrer (Norman), strikke (Norwegian), بافتن (bâftan) (Persian), robić na drutach (Polish), dziać (Polish), tricotar (Portuguese), fazer ponto (Portuguese), tricota (Romanian), împleti (Romanian), croșeta (Romanian), вяза́ть (vjazátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), связа́ть (svjazátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), figh (Scottish Gaelic), плести [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), plesti [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), štrikovať (Slovak), pliesť (Slovak), plesti (Slovene), hacer punto (Spanish), tricotar (Spanish), tejer (Spanish), sticka (Swedish), бофтан (boftan) (Tajik), ถัก (tàk) (Thai), örmek (Turkish), в'яза́ти (vʺjazáty) (Ukrainian), toʻqimoq (Uzbek), đan (Vietnamese), gweu (Welsh), gwau (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-knit-en-verb-3awNRUFJ Categories (other): Assyrian Neo-Aramaic terms with redundant transliterations, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of Assyrian Neo-Aramaic terms with redundant transliterations: 6 7 34 1 13 3 6 13 3 14 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 9 32 2 18 2 7 8 2 19 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 3 11 28 3 14 2 7 14 3 15 Disambiguation of 'to make fabric from thread or yarn': 65 0 1 1 16 6 4 6
  2. (figuratively, transitive) To join closely and firmly together. Tags: figuratively, transitive Translations (to join closely together): сплотявам (splotjavam) (Bulgarian), aaneenbreien (Dutch), hitsata (Finnish), yhdistää (Finnish), souder (French), unir (French), შეერთება (šeerteba) (Georgian), შეზრდა (šezrda) (Georgian), legare (Italian), tūhoto (Maori), soldar (Portuguese), спла́чивать (spláčivatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), сплоти́ть (splotítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), asio (Welsh), uno (Welsh), clymu (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-knit-en-verb-UxCMpekK Disambiguation of 'to join closely together': 1 47 15 14 3 0 9 12
  3. (intransitive) To become closely and firmly joined; become compacted. Tags: intransitive Translations (intransitive: to become closely joined): aaneengroeien (Dutch), hitsautua (Finnish), yhdistyä (Finnish), saldarsi (Italian), compattare (Italian), soldarse (Spanish), asio [masculine] (Welsh), cyd-dynnu (Welsh), ymasio (Welsh), ymuno (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-knit-en-verb-ncR88N45 Disambiguation of 'intransitive: to become closely joined': 13 13 52 4 3 6 2 7
  4. (intransitive) To grow together. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-knit-en-verb-RRg3WC64
  5. (transitive) To combine from various elements. Tags: transitive Translations (to combine from various elements): съединявам (sǎedinjavam) (Bulgarian), samenbreien (Dutch), yhdistellä (Finnish), punoa (Finnish), construire (French), élaborer (French), échafauder (French), elaborare (Italian), construir (Portuguese), elaborar (Portuguese), construir (Spanish), elaborar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-knit-en-verb-gAtxDKG- Disambiguation of 'to combine from various elements': 2 1 1 0 91 1 1 2
  6. (intransitive, of bones) To heal following a fracture. Tags: intransitive Translations (to heal following a fracture): asio (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-knit-en-verb-Us-YeVKS Disambiguation of 'to heal following a fracture': 3 0 1 1 1 90 1 2
  7. (transitive) To form into a knot, or into knots; to tie together, as cord; to fasten by tying. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-knit-en-verb-A-bNpKcF
  8. (transitive) To draw together; to contract into wrinkles. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-knit-en-verb-rEM9~MaG
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: tricot, weave

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "code": "be",
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          "word": "плета́"
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          "word": "ထိုး"
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          "roman": "biānzhī",
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          "word": "织"
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          "word": "gwia"
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          "word": "plést"
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          "word": "strikke"
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          "sense": "to make fabric from thread or yarn",
          "word": "breien"
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          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "to make fabric from thread or yarn",
          "word": "triki"
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          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "to make fabric from thread or yarn",
          "word": "binda"
        },
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          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "to make fabric from thread or yarn",
          "word": "neuloa"
        },
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          "code": "fi",
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to make fabric from thread or yarn",
          "word": "tricoter"
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        {
          "_dis1": "65 0 1 1 16 6 4 6",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "ksova",
          "sense": "to make fabric from thread or yarn",
          "word": "ქსოვა"
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        {
          "_dis1": "65 0 1 1 16 6 4 6",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to make fabric from thread or yarn",
          "word": "stricken"
        },
        {
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "pléko",
          "sense": "to make fabric from thread or yarn",
          "word": "πλέκω"
        },
        {
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          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "sarág",
          "sense": "to make fabric from thread or yarn",
          "word": "סָרַג"
        },
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          "_dis1": "65 0 1 1 16 6 4 6",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "bunnā",
          "sense": "to make fabric from thread or yarn",
          "word": "बुनना"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 0 1 1 16 6 4 6",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to make fabric from thread or yarn",
          "word": "köt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 0 1 1 16 6 4 6",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "to make fabric from thread or yarn",
          "word": "prjóna"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 0 1 1 16 6 4 6",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "to make fabric from thread or yarn",
          "word": "cniotáil"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 0 1 1 16 6 4 6",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to make fabric from thread or yarn",
          "word": "lavorare a maglia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 0 1 1 16 6 4 6",
          "alt": "あむ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "amu",
          "sense": "to make fabric from thread or yarn",
          "word": "編む"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 0 1 1 16 6 4 6",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "sreh",
          "sense": "to make fabric from thread or yarn",
          "word": "ស្រែះ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 0 1 1 16 6 4 6",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "cak",
          "sense": "to make fabric from thread or yarn",
          "word": "ចាក់"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 0 1 1 16 6 4 6",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "tteuda",
          "sense": "to make fabric from thread or yarn",
          "word": "뜨다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 0 1 1 16 6 4 6",
          "code": "ckb",
          "lang": "Central Kurdish",
          "roman": "çnîn",
          "sense": "to make fabric from thread or yarn",
          "word": "چنین"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 0 1 1 16 6 4 6",
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "thak",
          "sense": "to make fabric from thread or yarn",
          "word": "ຖັກ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 0 1 1 16 6 4 6",
          "code": "ltg",
          "lang": "Latgalian",
          "sense": "to make fabric from thread or yarn",
          "word": "adeit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 0 1 1 16 6 4 6",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "to make fabric from thread or yarn",
          "word": "adīt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 0 1 1 16 6 4 6",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "to make fabric from thread or yarn",
          "word": "megzti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 0 1 1 16 6 4 6",
          "code": "lb",
          "lang": "Luxembourgish",
          "sense": "to make fabric from thread or yarn",
          "word": "strécken"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 0 1 1 16 6 4 6",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "pléte",
          "sense": "to make fabric from thread or yarn",
          "word": "пле́те"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 0 1 1 16 6 4 6",
          "code": "mg",
          "lang": "Malagasy",
          "sense": "to make fabric from thread or yarn",
          "word": "manao ba"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 0 1 1 16 6 4 6",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to make fabric from thread or yarn",
          "word": "nitiniti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 0 1 1 16 6 4 6",
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "sülžix",
          "sense": "to make fabric from thread or yarn",
          "word": "сүлжих"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 0 1 1 16 6 4 6",
          "code": "nrf",
          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "to make fabric from thread or yarn",
          "word": "ouvrer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 0 1 1 16 6 4 6",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "to make fabric from thread or yarn",
          "word": "strikke"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 0 1 1 16 6 4 6",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "bâftan",
          "sense": "to make fabric from thread or yarn",
          "word": "بافتن"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 0 1 1 16 6 4 6",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to make fabric from thread or yarn",
          "word": "robić na drutach"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 0 1 1 16 6 4 6",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to make fabric from thread or yarn",
          "word": "dziać"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 0 1 1 16 6 4 6",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to make fabric from thread or yarn",
          "word": "tricotar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 0 1 1 16 6 4 6",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to make fabric from thread or yarn",
          "word": "fazer ponto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 0 1 1 16 6 4 6",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to make fabric from thread or yarn",
          "word": "tricota"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 0 1 1 16 6 4 6",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to make fabric from thread or yarn",
          "word": "împleti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 0 1 1 16 6 4 6",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to make fabric from thread or yarn",
          "word": "croșeta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 0 1 1 16 6 4 6",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vjazátʹ",
          "sense": "to make fabric from thread or yarn",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "вяза́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 0 1 1 16 6 4 6",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "svjazátʹ",
          "sense": "to make fabric from thread or yarn",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "связа́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 0 1 1 16 6 4 6",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "to make fabric from thread or yarn",
          "word": "figh"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 0 1 1 16 6 4 6",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to make fabric from thread or yarn",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "плести"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 0 1 1 16 6 4 6",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to make fabric from thread or yarn",
          "tags": [
            "Roman"
          ],
          "word": "plesti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 0 1 1 16 6 4 6",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "to make fabric from thread or yarn",
          "word": "štrikovať"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 0 1 1 16 6 4 6",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "to make fabric from thread or yarn",
          "word": "pliesť"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 0 1 1 16 6 4 6",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "to make fabric from thread or yarn",
          "word": "plesti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 0 1 1 16 6 4 6",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to make fabric from thread or yarn",
          "word": "hacer punto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 0 1 1 16 6 4 6",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to make fabric from thread or yarn",
          "word": "tricotar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 0 1 1 16 6 4 6",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to make fabric from thread or yarn",
          "word": "tejer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 0 1 1 16 6 4 6",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to make fabric from thread or yarn",
          "word": "sticka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 0 1 1 16 6 4 6",
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "boftan",
          "sense": "to make fabric from thread or yarn",
          "word": "бофтан"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 0 1 1 16 6 4 6",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "tàk",
          "sense": "to make fabric from thread or yarn",
          "word": "ถัก"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 0 1 1 16 6 4 6",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to make fabric from thread or yarn",
          "word": "örmek"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 0 1 1 16 6 4 6",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "vʺjazáty",
          "sense": "to make fabric from thread or yarn",
          "word": "в'яза́ти"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 0 1 1 16 6 4 6",
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "to make fabric from thread or yarn",
          "word": "toʻqimoq"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 0 1 1 16 6 4 6",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "to make fabric from thread or yarn",
          "word": "đan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 0 1 1 16 6 4 6",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "to make fabric from thread or yarn",
          "word": "gweu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 0 1 1 16 6 4 6",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "to make fabric from thread or yarn",
          "word": "gwau"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The fight for survival knitted the men closely together.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1672, Richard Wiseman, A Treatise of Wounds, London: Richard Royston",
          "text": "Nature cannot knit the bones while the parts are under a discharge.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To join closely and firmly together."
      ],
      "id": "en-knit-en-verb-UxCMpekK",
      "links": [
        [
          "join",
          "join"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively, transitive) To join closely and firmly together."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "transitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "1 47 15 14 3 0 9 12",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "splotjavam",
          "sense": "to join closely together",
          "word": "сплотявам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 47 15 14 3 0 9 12",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to join closely together",
          "word": "aaneenbreien"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 47 15 14 3 0 9 12",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to join closely together",
          "word": "hitsata"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 47 15 14 3 0 9 12",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to join closely together",
          "word": "yhdistää"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 47 15 14 3 0 9 12",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to join closely together",
          "word": "souder"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 47 15 14 3 0 9 12",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to join closely together",
          "word": "unir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 47 15 14 3 0 9 12",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "šeerteba",
          "sense": "to join closely together",
          "word": "შეერთება"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 47 15 14 3 0 9 12",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "šezrda",
          "sense": "to join closely together",
          "word": "შეზრდა"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 47 15 14 3 0 9 12",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to join closely together",
          "word": "legare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 47 15 14 3 0 9 12",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to join closely together",
          "word": "tūhoto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 47 15 14 3 0 9 12",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to join closely together",
          "word": "soldar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 47 15 14 3 0 9 12",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "spláčivatʹ",
          "sense": "to join closely together",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "спла́чивать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 47 15 14 3 0 9 12",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "splotítʹ",
          "sense": "to join closely together",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "сплоти́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 47 15 14 3 0 9 12",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "to join closely together",
          "word": "asio"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 47 15 14 3 0 9 12",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "to join closely together",
          "word": "uno"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 47 15 14 3 0 9 12",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "to join closely together",
          "word": "clymu"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "To become closely and firmly joined; become compacted."
      ],
      "id": "en-knit-en-verb-ncR88N45",
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        [
          "compact",
          "compact"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To become closely and firmly joined; become compacted."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "13 13 52 4 3 6 2 7",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "intransitive: to become closely joined",
          "word": "aaneengroeien"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "13 13 52 4 3 6 2 7",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "intransitive: to become closely joined",
          "word": "hitsautua"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "13 13 52 4 3 6 2 7",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "intransitive: to become closely joined",
          "word": "yhdistyä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "13 13 52 4 3 6 2 7",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "intransitive: to become closely joined",
          "word": "saldarsi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "13 13 52 4 3 6 2 7",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "intransitive: to become closely joined",
          "word": "compattare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "13 13 52 4 3 6 2 7",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "intransitive: to become closely joined",
          "word": "soldarse"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "13 13 52 4 3 6 2 7",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "intransitive: to become closely joined",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "asio"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "13 13 52 4 3 6 2 7",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "intransitive: to become closely joined",
          "word": "cyd-dynnu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "13 13 52 4 3 6 2 7",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "intransitive: to become closely joined",
          "word": "ymasio"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "13 13 52 4 3 6 2 7",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "intransitive: to become closely joined",
          "word": "ymuno"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "All those seedlings knitted into a kaleidoscopic border.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To grow together."
      ],
      "id": "en-knit-en-verb-RRg3WC64",
      "links": [
        [
          "grow",
          "grow"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To grow together."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The witness knitted together his testimony from contradictory pieces of hearsay.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To combine from various elements."
      ],
      "id": "en-knit-en-verb-gAtxDKG-",
      "links": [
        [
          "combine",
          "combine"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To combine from various elements."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "2 1 1 0 91 1 1 2",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "sǎedinjavam",
          "sense": "to combine from various elements",
          "word": "съединявам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 1 1 0 91 1 1 2",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to combine from various elements",
          "word": "samenbreien"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 1 1 0 91 1 1 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to combine from various elements",
          "word": "yhdistellä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 1 1 0 91 1 1 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to combine from various elements",
          "word": "punoa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 1 1 0 91 1 1 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to combine from various elements",
          "word": "construire"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 1 1 0 91 1 1 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to combine from various elements",
          "word": "élaborer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 1 1 0 91 1 1 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to combine from various elements",
          "word": "échafauder"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 1 1 0 91 1 1 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to combine from various elements",
          "word": "elaborare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 1 1 0 91 1 1 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to combine from various elements",
          "word": "construir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 1 1 0 91 1 1 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to combine from various elements",
          "word": "elaborar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 1 1 0 91 1 1 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to combine from various elements",
          "word": "construir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 1 1 0 91 1 1 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to combine from various elements",
          "word": "elaborar"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I’ll go skiing again after my bones knit.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To heal following a fracture."
      ],
      "id": "en-knit-en-verb-Us-YeVKS",
      "links": [
        [
          "fracture",
          "fracture"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, of bones) To heal following a fracture."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of bones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "3 0 1 1 1 90 1 2",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "to heal following a fracture",
          "word": "asio"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "To form into a knot, or into knots; to tie together, as cord; to fasten by tying."
      ],
      "id": "en-knit-en-verb-A-bNpKcF",
      "links": [
        [
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          "knot"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To form into a knot, or into knots; to tie together, as cord; to fasten by tying."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "To draw together; to contract into wrinkles."
      ],
      "id": "en-knit-en-verb-rEM9~MaG",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To draw together; to contract into wrinkles."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈnɪt/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪt"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "nit"
    },
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/57/En-uk-knit.ogg",
      "tags": [
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      ],
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    }
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}

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "double knit"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "warp knit"
    }
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "args": {
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      "sense": "to make fabric from thread or yarn",
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      "sense": "to make fabric from thread or yarn",
      "word": "ܣܵܪܹܓ݂"
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      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "to make fabric from thread or yarn",
      "word": "toxumaq"
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      "sense": "to make fabric from thread or yarn",
      "word": "бәйләү"
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      "word": "вяза́ць"
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      "sense": "to make fabric from thread or yarn",
      "word": "плета́"
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      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "htui:",
      "sense": "to make fabric from thread or yarn",
      "word": "ထိုး"
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      "sense": "to make fabric from thread or yarn",
      "word": "fer mitja"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "to make fabric from thread or yarn",
      "word": "編織"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "roman": "biānzhī",
      "sense": "to make fabric from thread or yarn",
      "word": "编织"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "word": "織"
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      "sense": "to make fabric from thread or yarn",
      "word": "织"
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      "code": "kw",
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      "sense": "to make fabric from thread or yarn",
      "word": "gwia"
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      "sense": "to make fabric from thread or yarn",
      "word": "plést"
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      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "to make fabric from thread or yarn",
      "word": "strikke"
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      "word": "breien"
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      "word": "triki"
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      "code": "fo",
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      "word": "binda"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "word": "neuloa"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "word": "kutoa"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "word": "tricoter"
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ksova",
      "sense": "to make fabric from thread or yarn",
      "word": "ქსოვა"
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      "code": "de",
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      "word": "stricken"
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      "code": "he",
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      "word": "סָרַג"
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      "code": "hi",
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      "word": "बुनना"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "to make fabric from thread or yarn",
      "word": "köt"
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      "code": "is",
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      "sense": "to make fabric from thread or yarn",
      "word": "prjóna"
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      "code": "ga",
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      "word": "cniotáil"
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      "code": "it",
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      "word": "lavorare a maglia"
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      "alt": "あむ",
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      "word": "編む"
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      "code": "km",
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      "word": "ស្រែះ"
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      "code": "km",
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      "roman": "cak",
      "sense": "to make fabric from thread or yarn",
      "word": "ចាក់"
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      "code": "ko",
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      "sense": "to make fabric from thread or yarn",
      "word": "뜨다"
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      "code": "ckb",
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      "word": "چنین"
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    {
      "code": "lo",
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      "roman": "thak",
      "sense": "to make fabric from thread or yarn",
      "word": "ຖັກ"
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      "code": "ltg",
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      "sense": "to make fabric from thread or yarn",
      "word": "adeit"
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    {
      "code": "lv",
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      "sense": "to make fabric from thread or yarn",
      "word": "adīt"
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    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "to make fabric from thread or yarn",
      "word": "megzti"
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    {
      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "to make fabric from thread or yarn",
      "word": "strécken"
    },
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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "pléte",
      "sense": "to make fabric from thread or yarn",
      "word": "пле́те"
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    {
      "code": "mg",
      "lang": "Malagasy",
      "sense": "to make fabric from thread or yarn",
      "word": "manao ba"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to make fabric from thread or yarn",
      "word": "nitiniti"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "sülžix",
      "sense": "to make fabric from thread or yarn",
      "word": "сүлжих"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "to make fabric from thread or yarn",
      "word": "ouvrer"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to make fabric from thread or yarn",
      "word": "strikke"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "bâftan",
      "sense": "to make fabric from thread or yarn",
      "word": "بافتن"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to make fabric from thread or yarn",
      "word": "robić na drutach"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to make fabric from thread or yarn",
      "word": "dziać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to make fabric from thread or yarn",
      "word": "tricotar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to make fabric from thread or yarn",
      "word": "fazer ponto"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to make fabric from thread or yarn",
      "word": "tricota"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to make fabric from thread or yarn",
      "word": "împleti"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to make fabric from thread or yarn",
      "word": "croșeta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vjazátʹ",
      "sense": "to make fabric from thread or yarn",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "вяза́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "svjazátʹ",
      "sense": "to make fabric from thread or yarn",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "связа́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "to make fabric from thread or yarn",
      "word": "figh"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to make fabric from thread or yarn",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "плести"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to make fabric from thread or yarn",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "plesti"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to make fabric from thread or yarn",
      "word": "štrikovať"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to make fabric from thread or yarn",
      "word": "pliesť"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "to make fabric from thread or yarn",
      "word": "plesti"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to make fabric from thread or yarn",
      "word": "hacer punto"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to make fabric from thread or yarn",
      "word": "tricotar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to make fabric from thread or yarn",
      "word": "tejer"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to make fabric from thread or yarn",
      "word": "sticka"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "boftan",
      "sense": "to make fabric from thread or yarn",
      "word": "бофтан"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "tàk",
      "sense": "to make fabric from thread or yarn",
      "word": "ถัก"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to make fabric from thread or yarn",
      "word": "örmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vʺjazáty",
      "sense": "to make fabric from thread or yarn",
      "word": "в'яза́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "to make fabric from thread or yarn",
      "word": "toʻqimoq"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to make fabric from thread or yarn",
      "word": "đan"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "to make fabric from thread or yarn",
      "word": "gweu"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "to make fabric from thread or yarn",
      "word": "gwau"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "splotjavam",
      "sense": "to join closely together",
      "word": "сплотявам"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to join closely together",
      "word": "aaneenbreien"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to join closely together",
      "word": "hitsata"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to join closely together",
      "word": "yhdistää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to join closely together",
      "word": "souder"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to join closely together",
      "word": "unir"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "šeerteba",
      "sense": "to join closely together",
      "word": "შეერთება"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "šezrda",
      "sense": "to join closely together",
      "word": "შეზრდა"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to join closely together",
      "word": "legare"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to join closely together",
      "word": "tūhoto"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to join closely together",
      "word": "soldar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "spláčivatʹ",
      "sense": "to join closely together",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "спла́чивать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "splotítʹ",
      "sense": "to join closely together",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "сплоти́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "to join closely together",
      "word": "asio"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "to join closely together",
      "word": "uno"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "to join closely together",
      "word": "clymu"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "intransitive: to become closely joined",
      "word": "aaneengroeien"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "intransitive: to become closely joined",
      "word": "hitsautua"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "intransitive: to become closely joined",
      "word": "yhdistyä"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "intransitive: to become closely joined",
      "word": "saldarsi"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "intransitive: to become closely joined",
      "word": "compattare"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "intransitive: to become closely joined",
      "word": "soldarse"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "intransitive: to become closely joined",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "asio"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "intransitive: to become closely joined",
      "word": "cyd-dynnu"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "intransitive: to become closely joined",
      "word": "ymasio"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "intransitive: to become closely joined",
      "word": "ymuno"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "sǎedinjavam",
      "sense": "to combine from various elements",
      "word": "съединявам"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to combine from various elements",
      "word": "samenbreien"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to combine from various elements",
      "word": "yhdistellä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to combine from various elements",
      "word": "punoa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to combine from various elements",
      "word": "construire"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to combine from various elements",
      "word": "élaborer"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to combine from various elements",
      "word": "échafauder"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to combine from various elements",
      "word": "elaborare"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to combine from various elements",
      "word": "construir"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to combine from various elements",
      "word": "elaborar"
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      "code": "es",
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "to combine from various elements",
      "word": "elaborar"
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    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "to heal following a fracture",
      "word": "asio"
    }
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}

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