knit

/nɪt/ v [I/T] (present participle knitting, past tense and past participle knitted or knit) (JOIN)

Definition

› to join together: [I] She’s got a break in this bone, but the ends of the bones will knit without the need for surgery.

(Definition of knit v (JOIN) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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