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.
reknit
-
a word derived from
knit.
Example Sentences
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Some healable polymers require a trigger, such as exposure to a particular temperature, light or pressure, to reknit their broken bonds.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 26, 2023
Our social crisis of fragmentation and declining social trust can be confronted only by efforts to reknit social ties.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 1, 2021
“I hope … to see the community reknit across the no man’s land which has been there for more than 40 years.”
From The Guardian ● May 9, 2016
If you cut your finger, the tissue grows back, and beneath the skin the nerves reknit their severed connections.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 25, 2016
When the feet wore out on socks and stockings, they would unravel them, save the good thread, and reknit the foot or toe or heel.
From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 6 by Work Projects Administration
