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
The restoration of the streets was an attempt to reknit the urban fabric and integrate the neighborhood.
From New York Times ● Sep. 8, 2021
Monday in hopes it would help them reknit after the pummeling at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 20, 2017
“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
Feigning madness, he succeeded in being transferred to an asylum, where he successfully reknit his conspiracies, and finally escaped.
From The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. III. (of IV.) by William Milligan Sloane
