crochet

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

crochet
    n 1: needlework done by interlocking looped stitches with a
         hooked needle [syn: {crochet}, {crocheting}]
    v 1: create by looping or crocheting; "crochet a bedspread"
    2: make a piece of needlework by interlocking and looping thread
       with a hooked needle; "She sat there crocheting all day"
       [syn: {crochet}, {hook}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Crochet \Cro*chet"\ (kr?-sh?"), 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.
      [1913 Webster]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Crochet \Cro*chet"\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Crocheted}
   (sh[=a]d"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Crocheting} (-sh[=a]"[i^]ng).]
   To knit with a crochet needle or hook; as, to crochet a
   shawl.
   [1913 Webster]

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