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crochet

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Noun, Verb (usu participle)

HYPHEN

cro=chet

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun crochet has 1 sense

crochet(n = noun.artifact) crocheting - needlework done by interlocking looped stitches with a hooked needle; Array

is a kind of needlecraft, needlework

Derived form verb crochet₁

Verb crochet has 2 senses

crochet(v = verb.creation) Array - create by looping or crocheting; "crochet a bedspread"

is one way to

create from raw material

create from raw stuff

Derived forms noun crochet₁, noun crocheting₂

Sample sentence:
They crochet the cape

crochet(v = verb.creation) hook - make a piece of needlework by interlocking and looping thread with a hooked needle; "She sat there crocheting all day"

is one way to intertwine, loop

Derived form noun crocheting₁

Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

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CIDE DICTIONARY

crochet, n. [F. crochet small hook. See Croche.].

A kind of knitting done by means of a hooked needle, with worsted, silk, or cotton; crochet work. Commonly used adjectively. [1913 Webster]

Crochet hook, Crochet needle, a small hook, or a hooked needle (often of bone), used in crochet work.

crochet, v. t. & i.

To knit with a crochet needle or hook; as, to crochet a shawl. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

crochet, n. & v.
--n.
1 a handicraft in which yarn is made up into a patterned fabric by means of a hooked needle.
2 work made in this way.
--v. (crocheted; crocheting)
1 tr. make by crocheting.
2 intr. do crochet.

Derivative

crocheter n.

Etymology

F, dimin. of croc hook

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