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Crochet is defined as to loop yarn using a hooked needle to make clothing, blankets or craft projects.

(verb)

Using a hooked needle to loop yarn to make a sweater is an example of a situation where you crochet.

The definition of crochet is a craft or project made by looping yarn on a hooked needle.

(noun)

An item made by looping yarn on a hooked needle is an example of crochet.

See crochet in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a kind of needlework in which loops of a thread or yarn are interwoven by means of a single hooked needle ()

Origin: Fr, small hook: see crotchet

intransitive verb, transitive verb crocheted , crocheting

to do crochet or make by crochet

Related Forms:

crocheter noun

See crochet in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb cro·cheted (-shādˈ), cro·chet·ing (-shāˈĭng), cro·chets (-shāzˈ)

verb, intransitive

To make a piece of needlework by looping thread with a hooked needle.

verb, transitive

To make by looping thread with a hooked needle: crochet a sweater.

noun

Needlework made by looping thread with a hooked needle.

Origin:

Origin: French crocheter

Origin: , from Old French crochet, hook

Origin: , diminutive of croche, feminine of croc

Origin: , of Germanic origin

Related Forms:

cro·chetˈer (-shāˈər) noun

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chain stitch

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