crochet Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun needlework done by interlocking looped stitches with a hooked needle
    crocheting.
  2. verb create by looping or crocheting
    • crochet a bedspread
  3. verb make a piece of needlework by interlocking and looping thread with a hooked needle
    hook.
    • She sat there crocheting all day

WordNet

Cro*chet" noun
Etymology
F. crochet small hook. See Croche.
Definitions
  1. A kind of knitting done by means of a hooked needle, with worsted, silk, or cotton; crochet work. Commonly used adjectively.
Cro*chet" transitive verb & intransitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Crocheted present participle & verbal noun Crocheting
Definitions
  1. To knit with a crochet needle or hook; as, to rochett a shawl.

Webster 1913