knitting

verb
/ˈnɪtɪŋ/

Etymology

From Middle English knyttynge; equivalent to knit + -ing.

  1. inherited from knyttynge

Definitions

  1. present participle and gerund of knit

  2. The action of the verb to knit

    The action of the verb to knit; the process of producing knitted material.

    • I find knitting very relaxing.
  3. Material that has been, or is being knitted.

    • She put down her knitting and went to answer the phone.
  4. + 1 more definition
    1. overhead electrification wires, OHLE

      • Fair point. Instead of tearing down the knitting and using diesel, tear down the knitting and use turbines.
      • It also helps, if: [...] the knitting is aligned with the track below, or rather vice versa, something else that went after 1996.
      • My suggestion would be to electrify the uphill bits only, in each direction, and to use diesel traction when coming down the other side. Massive savings on posts and knitting for a start.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at knitting. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at knitting. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at knitting

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA