knit
verb (used with object)
to make (a garment, fabric, etc.) by interlocking loops of one or more yarns either by hand with knitting needles or by machine.
has knit
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present perfectof knit (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Always taking a moderate-to-liberal position, Javits has knit together a far-flung constituency of largely Jewish voters in New York City and upstate conservatives who have found him safe on economic issues.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the winter, he wears a sweater one of us has knit, and in the summer, a loose undyed linen shirt.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
God never has knit my soul with my husband's soul for such a paltry moment as this human life!
From Memories of Hawthorne by Lathrop, Rose Hawthorne
And the tie which has knit them together is in keeping with the character of one, if not both.
From Gaspar the Gaucho A Story of the Gran Chaco by Tilney, F.C.
Invidious grave!—how dost thou rend in sunder Whom love has knit, and sympathy made one!
From The Poetical Works of Beattie, Blair, and Falconer With Lives, Critical Dissertations, and Explanatory Notes by Gilfillan, George
