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.
have knit
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present perfectof knit.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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The strong roots that have knit this diverse community together for centuries are reflected in the response to Thursday night’s tragedy.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 25, 2015
Imagination revels in picturing her future, when she shall have adopted Christian civilisation, and when steam and electricity shall have knit together all the members of her gigantic frame.
From The Awakening of China by W. A. P. (William Alexander Parsons) Martin
The nation has been divided, but I would have knit it together again.
From The Induna's Wife by Bertram Mitford
We stayed there another fortnight, by the end of which time the bones seemed to have knit pretty fairly.
From In the Heart of the Rockies by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
Men and women older and more experienced than she might well have knit their brows over the problem.
From The Angel of the Gila: A Tale of Arizona by Cora Marsland
