Mary had been knitting for an hour when I called.
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Knitting
/ˈnɪtɪŋ/
Synonyms for "knitting" (97 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (20)
Strong matches (29)
Related words (48)
Related word relations
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More general
17 entriescommunity buildingconnectcraftcraft techniquefabricfabric makingfiber arthandicraftneedlecraftneedleworksocial processtextile arttextile crafttextile fabrictextile materialtextile product
Showing 16 of 17 words.
More specific
20 entriesbondingcohesionconsolidationgarment knittinggarter fabricgarter stitchintegrationlace knittingnetworkingregional integrationrib fabricrib stitchribbingscarfsocial cohesionsock
Showing 16 of 20 words.
Collocations
9 entrieshand knittingknitting circleknitting machineknitting needleknitting needlesknitting patternknitting projectknitting techniqueknitting yarn
Inflections
6 entriesDerivations
6 entriesTranslations
21 translations across 17 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- breiwerk noun (knitted fabric)
Bulgarian
1 entries- плетиво noun (knitted fabric)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 針織 /针织 noun (knitted fabric)
Czech
1 entries- pletenina noun (knitted fabric)
Danish
1 entries- strikketøj noun (knitted fabric)
Esperanto
1 entries- trikaĵo noun (knitted fabric)
Finnish
3 entries- neule noun (knitted fabric)
- neuletyö noun (knitted fabric)
- neulos noun (knitted fabric)
French
1 entries- tricot noun (knitted fabric)
Georgian
1 entries- მოქსოვილი noun (knitted fabric)
Greek
1 entries- πλεκτό noun (knitted fabric)
Italian
1 entries- maglieria noun (knitted fabric)
Japanese
1 entries- 編み物 noun (knitted fabric)
Norwegian
1 entries- strikkeplagg noun (knitted fabric)
Portuguese
1 entries- tricô noun (knitted fabric)
Russian
3 entries- вяза́ние noun (knitted fabric)
- трико́ noun (knitted fabric)
- трикота́ж noun (knitted fabric)
Spanish
1 entries- labor de punto noun (knitted fabric)
Swedish
1 entries- stickning noun (knitted fabric)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
The girl is skillful at knitting.
Source: tatoeba (46427)
Many a day did she spend knitting a sweater for him.
Source: tatoeba (66507)
Anne is patiently knitting.
Source: tatoeba (66846)
Showing 4 of 16 available sentences.