--- title: K — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 7 description: The 166 words of the English dictionary under K, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/K/page/7/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / K # K — The English dictionary · page 7 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · [E](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/E/) · [F](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/) · [G](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/G/) · [H](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/) · [I](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/I/) · [J](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/J/) · [K](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/K/) · [L](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/L/) · [M](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/) · [N](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/N/) · [O](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/O/) · [P](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/) · [Q](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Q/) · [R](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/R/) · [S](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/) · [T](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/T/) · [U](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/U/) · [V](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/V/) · [W](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/W/) · [X](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/X/) · [Y](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Y/) · [Z](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Z/) [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/K/) [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/K/page/2/) [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/K/page/3/) [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/K/page/4/) [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/K/page/5/) [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/K/page/6/) **7** [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/K/page/8/) [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/K/page/9/) **knack** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A special skill or clever way of doing something, often one that is hard to explain.[↗](../../knack/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A habit or tendency to do something, often by accident, like «a knack for getting into trouble».[↗](../../knack/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She has a knack for solving puzzles.[↗](../../knack/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Opening this jar is easy once you get the knack.[↗](../../knack/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · There's a knack to riding a unicycle.[↗](../../knack/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · My dog has a knack for finding mud.[↗](../../knack/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Tom has a knack for making people laugh.[↗](../../knack/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · I finally got the knack of long division.[↗](../../knack/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandma has a knack with plants; everything she grows is huge.[↗](../../knack/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · "My dear friend," said the Lion, "how did you get the knack of it so well?"[↗](../../knack/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") The Fox replied, "Me?[↗](../../knack/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **knacker** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (slang, UK) To knacker something is to break it or wear it out; to knacker someone is to make them very tired.[↗](../../knacker/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (noun, old-fashioned, UK) A knacker is a person whose job is buying old or dead horses and turning them into meat, glue or other products; a knacker's yard is the place where this is done.[↗](../../knacker/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (rude, Ireland) A knacker is an insulting word for a rough or badly behaved person; it is offensive, especially to Irish Travellers.[↗](../../knacker/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (rude, UK, plural «knackers») A slang word for testicles.[↗](../../knacker/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* (slang) Don't knacker yourself on the first lap.[↗](../../knacker/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · (slang) I've knackered my knee playing football.[↗](../../knacker/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · That long walk knackered me out.[↗](../../knacker/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The old horse was sent to the knacker's yard.[↗](../../knacker/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · (humorous) This old car is ready for the knacker's yard.[↗](../../knacker/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · (slang) He knackered the printer by jamming paper in it.[↗](../../knacker/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **knackered** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (slang, UK) Knackered means extremely tired, worn out.[↗](../../knackered/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (slang, UK) Knackered means broken or too old and worn to work properly.[↗](../../knackered/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* (slang) I'm knackered after that cross-country run.[↗](../../knackered/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · (slang) Mum was knackered after her night shift.[↗](../../knackered/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · (slang) My bike is knackered — the chain keeps falling off.[↗](../../knackered/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We were all knackered by the end of the camping trip.[↗](../../knackered/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · (slang) This old phone is completely knackered.[↗](../../knackered/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · «You look knackered,» said Gran.[↗](../../knackered/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") «Go to bed.»[↗](../../knackered/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **knapsack** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A bag carried on the back, used for carrying food and things on a journey.[↗](../../knapsack/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* A bag carried on the back for food and things on a journey.[↗](../../knapsack/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He packed bread and cheese in his knapsack.[↗](../../knapsack/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The raven had a little knapsack on his back.[↗](../../knapsack/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The student took his knapsack and set off.[↗](../../knapsack/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · I will fill your knapsack—I will fill your pouch.’[↗](../../knapsack/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (The Crimson Fairy Book) · “He had a little knapsack at his back,” said the Raven.[↗](../../knapsack/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Andersen's Fairy Tales) · The student took his knapsack and betook himself to the ferry-house.[↗](../../knapsack/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen) **knave** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (old) A dishonest man who tricks people; a rogue.[↗](../../knave/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (cards) The jack in a pack of playing cards, the card with a young man's picture, between the ten and the queen.[↗](../../knave/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (old) A boy or young male servant.[↗](../../knave/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* In Alice in Wonderland, the Knave of Hearts is put on trial for stealing the Queen's tarts.[↗](../../knave/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The Knave of Hearts was accused of stealing the tarts.[↗](../../knave/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · «You knave!» shouted the king in the old play.[↗](../../knave/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In this card game, the knave is worth ten points.[↗](../../knave/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The knave carried the King's crown on a velvet cushion.[↗](../../knave/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The wicked knave tricked the farmer out of his cow.[↗](../../knave/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Alice did not think there was any proof against the Knave.[↗](../../knave/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Put the knave of spades on the queen of hearts.[↗](../../knave/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · 'Are you not a great knave?'[↗](../../knave/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **knead** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To knead means to press, fold and stretch dough with your hands to make bread.[↗](../../knead/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To knead also means to press and rub muscles, like in a massage.[↗](../../knead/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Cats «knead» by pushing their paws in and out on something soft.[↗](../../knead/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Knead the dough for ten minutes.[↗](../../knead/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My hands got sticky from kneading.[↗](../../knead/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The cat kneaded my lap with its paws.[↗](../../knead/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She kneaded her sore shoulders.[↗](../../knead/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Kneading makes the bread soft and springy.[↗](../../knead/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We kneaded the play dough into a ball.[↗](../../knead/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Vasilissa took flour, kneaded dough, and made a pie.[↗](../../knead/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Blessed shall be thy basket and thy kneading-trough.[↗](../../knead/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.28.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../knead/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Cursed shall be thy basket and thy kneading-trough.[↗](../../knead/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.28.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../knead/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And the people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneading-troughs being bound up in their clothes upon their shoulders.[↗](../../knead/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.12.34, JPS 1917)[↗](../../knead/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And she took dough, and kneaded it, and made cakes in his sight, and did bake the cakes.[↗](../../knead/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2SA.13.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../knead/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · They are all adulterers, as an oven heated by the baker, who ceaseth to stir from the kneading of the dough until it be leavened.[↗](../../knead/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets HOS.7.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../knead/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · And the woman had a fatted calf in the house; and she made haste, and killed it; and she took flour, and kneaded it, and did bake unleavened bread thereof; (Prophets 1SA.28.24, JPS 1917)[↗](../../knead/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") **knee** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The joint in the middle of your leg where it bends.[↗](../../knee/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Your lap when you sit: «Sit on my knee».[↗](../../knee/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* The part of trousers that covers the knee.[↗](../../knee/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Verb: to hit someone with your knee.[↗](../../knee/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* Knee-deep means deep enough for the water to reach your knees.[↗](../../knee/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I fell and scraped my knee.[↗](../../knee/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Bend your knees when you land.[↗](../../knee/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Wear knee pads when you skateboard.[↗](../../knee/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The toddler sat on Grandpa's knee.[↗](../../knee/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The water was knee-deep.[↗](../../knee/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · There's a hole in the knee of my jeans.[↗](../../knee/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Your kneecap protects the front of your knee.[↗](../../knee/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Kneel on one knee to tie your shoe.[↗](../../knee/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Little Christina sat on Ib's knee.[↗](../../knee/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And Joseph brought them out from between his knees; and he fell down on his face to the earth.[↗](../../knee/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.48.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../knee/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the third generation; the children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were born upon Joseph's knees.[↗](../../knee/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.50.23, JPS 1917)[↗](../../knee/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And she said: 'Behold my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; that she may bear upon my knees, and I also may be builded up through her.'[↗](../../knee/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.30.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../knee/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Why did the knees receive me?[↗](../../knee/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.3.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../knee/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Strengthen ye the weak hands, and make firm the tottering knees.[↗](../../knee/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.35.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../knee/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · All hands shall be slack, and all knees shall drip with water.[↗](../../knee/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.7.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../knee/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") **kneecap** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The kneecap is the small, flat, roundish bone at the front of your knee.[↗](../../kneecap/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (rare, violent) To kneecap someone means to shoot or hurt them in the knee as a cruel punishment.[↗](../../kneecap/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The kneecap protects the front of your knee joint.[↗](../../kneecap/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The doctor tapped below my kneecap and my leg jumped.[↗](../../kneecap/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Wear knee pads to protect your kneecaps.[↗](../../kneecap/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The proper name for the kneecap is the patella.[↗](../../kneecap/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She dislocated her kneecap playing netball.[↗](../../kneecap/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Babies' kneecaps are mostly soft cartilage.[↗](../../kneecap/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **kneel** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To kneel is to go down or stay with one or both knees on the ground.[↗](../../kneel/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She knelt down to tie her shoelace.[↗](../../kneel/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Kneel beside the person and check if they are breathing.[↗](../../kneel/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The knight knelt before the queen.[↗](../../kneel/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We knelt on the grass to look at the ants.[↗](../../kneel/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandma kneels on a cushion when she gardens.[↗](../../kneel/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The children knelt to pray in the church.[↗](../../kneel/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Now the lovers kneel down, and one of them sings:[↗](../../kneel/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And he made the camels to kneel down without the city by the well of water at the time of evening, the time that women go out to draw water.[↗](../../kneel/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.24.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../kneel/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · They go and come at His word, and at His command ti)ev pursue like the whirlwind, and kneel before His throne.[↗](../../kneel/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../kneel/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · O come, let us bow down and bend the knee; let us kneel before the LORD our Maker; (Writings PSA.95.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../kneel/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · All the fat ones of the earth shall eat and worship; all they that go down to the dust shall kneel before Him, even he that cannot keep his soul alive.[↗](../../kneel/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.22.30, JPS 1917)[↗](../../kneel/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **knew** — *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* To be aware of someone or to recognise them; in the third sentence, to have chosen or loved someone before they were born.[↗](../../knew/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew him not.[↗](../../knew/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.42.8, JPS 1917) · No one knew what to do.[↗](../../knew/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Fifty Famous Stories Retold) · Before I formed thee in the belly, I knew thee."[↗](../../knew/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") Rabbi Luria, gives the Hebrew version which I have translated.[↗](../../knew/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) **knewest** — *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* «knewest» means «you knew», a form of «know».[↗](../../knewest/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* To know something is to have it in your mind as a fact, because you learned it or were told.[↗](../../knewest/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") **knife** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A knife is a tool with a sharp blade and a handle, used for cutting.[↗](../../knife/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Knives are used at the table for eating: knife and fork.[↗](../../knife/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To knife someone means to attack with a knife (rare, serious).[↗](../../knife/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Use a knife and fork to eat your dinner.[↗](../../knife/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Cut the bread with a bread knife.[↗](../../knife/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Always cut away from your fingers.[↗](../../knife/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Carry a knife with the point facing down.[↗](../../knife/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't try to catch a falling knife.[↗](../../knife/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Put the knives in the drawer.[↗](../../knife/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The butter knife is not sharp.[↗](../../knife/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The score was on a knife edge.[↗](../../knife/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · He took his knife and cut it open.[↗](../../knife/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.[↗](../../knife/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.22.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../knife/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And Abraham took the wood of the burnt-offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son; and he took in his hand the fire and the knife; and they went both of them together.[↗](../../knife/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.22.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../knife/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · The person created had a knife in his hand, and was erasing the letter Aleph of the word Emet.[↗](../../knife/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../knife/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.[↗](../../knife/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.23.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../knife/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · And when he was come into his house, he took a knife, and laid hold on his concubine, and divided her, limb by limb, into twelve pieces, and sent her throughout all the borders of Israel.[↗](../../knife/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JDG.19.29, JPS 1917)[↗](../../knife/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") **knight** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* In the Middle Ages, a knight was a soldier who fought on horseback in armour and served a king, queen or lord.[↗](../../knight/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In the UK today, a knight is a man given an honour by the King or Queen for great service, and he is called «Sir»; to knight someone is to give them this honour.[↗](../../knight/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* In chess, the knight is the piece shaped like a horse's head that moves in an L shape.[↗](../../knight/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (figurative) «A knight in shining armour» is someone who comes to rescue another person.[↗](../../knight/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The knight put on his armour and climbed onto his horse.[↗](../../knight/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Knights fought for their lord in battles.[↗](../../knight/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The young page trained for years to become a knight.[↗](../../knight/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The famous scientist was knighted by the King.[↗](../../knight/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · In chess, the knight moves in an L shape.[↗](../../knight/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · King Arthur's knights sat at a round table.[↗](../../knight/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · She called her brother her knight in shining armour.[↗](../../knight/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · So the Third Knight failed also.[↗](../../knight/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **knighthood** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A knighthood is the title and honour of being a knight, given in the UK by the king or queen to people for great service, so a man is called «Sir» (a woman gets a damehood, «Dame»).[↗](../../knighthood/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (history) In the Middle Ages, knighthood was the rank of a knight, a trained soldier on horseback who served a lord.[↗](../../knighthood/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The famous scientist received a knighthood.[↗](../../knighthood/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · With his knighthood, he became Sir Tom.[↗](../../knighthood/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In the Middle Ages, a squire trained for years to earn knighthood.[↗](../../knighthood/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The king gave him a knighthood for bravery.[↗](../../knighthood/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A woman gets a damehood, not a knighthood.[↗](../../knighthood/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Knighthood was linked to rules of chivalry.[↗](../../knighthood/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · He was Sheriff of London, thrice Lord Mayor, and received the honour of knighthood by Henry V.[↗](../../knighthood/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **knightly** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Like a knight: brave, honest, polite and ready to help others.[↗](../../knightly/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Having to do with knights or their way of life.[↗](../../knightly/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The knightly boy saved the girl from the fire.[↗](../../knightly/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A knightly house stood on the hill.[↗](../../knightly/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The story tells of knightly deeds and daring.[↗](../../knightly/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **knit** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To make clothes or other things from wool or yarn by looping it together with two long needles or a machine.[↗](../../knit/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Of broken bones: to join and grow back together.[↗](../../knit/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* «Knit your brows» means to frown.[↗](../../knit/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Granny knitted me a woolly hat.[↗](../../knit/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · I'm learning to knit with big needles.[↗](../../knit/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She knits while she watches TV.[↗](../../knit/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The broken bone will knit together in six weeks.[↗](../../knit/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We are a close-knit family.[↗](../../knit/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · He knitted his eyebrows and thought hard.[↗](../../knit/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · This jumper is a warm knit.[↗](../../knit/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Marko, his brows knit, his legs contorted, was scarcely able to hold out.[↗](../../knit/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") \[60\][↗](../../knit/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · He straineth his tail like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs are knit together.[↗](../../knit/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.40.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../knit/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · For Thou hast made my reins; Thou hast knit me together in my mother's womb.[↗](../../knit/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.139.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../knit/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · So all the men of Israel were gathered against the city, knit together as one man.[↗](../../knit/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JDG.20.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../knit/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/K/) [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/K/page/2/) [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/K/page/3/) [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/K/page/4/) [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/K/page/5/) [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/K/page/6/) **7** [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/K/page/8/) [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/K/page/9/) - ← previous: [page 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/K/page/6/) - next →: [page 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/K/page/8/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)