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Definition: Crocheting |
CrochetingNoun1. Needlework done by interlocking looped stitches with a hooked needle. 2. Creating a garment of needlework. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "crocheting" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1880. (references) |
Synonym: CrochetingSynonym: crochet (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Crocheting |
| English words defined with "crocheting": cloth, crochet, crochet hook, crochet needle ♦ fabric ♦ material ♦ textile. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "crocheting": crocheter, CROCHET-MACHINE OPERATOR ♦ window-shade-ring coverer, WINDOW-SHADE-RING SEWER. (references) |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Wife of Joseph La Blanc crocheting in living room of her farm home near Crowley, Louisiana. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Middle River, Maryland. FSA (Farm Security Administration) housing project for the Glen L. Martin aircraft workers. Woman crocheting. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| "Crocheting" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 75.00% of the time. "Crocheting" is used about 4 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 75% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Noun (proper) | 25% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 4 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "crocheting": crocheting machine. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "crocheting"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | haeklemaskine til gardiner (net curtain crocheting machine), haeklemaskine til blonder (lace crocheting machine), hæklemaskine (crochet warp-knitting machine, crocheting machine). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | crochet-kettingbreimachine (crochet warp-knitting machine, crocheting machine), kanthaakmachine (lace crocheting machine), gordijnhaakmachine (net curtain crocheting machine). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | virkkuu. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | machine crocheter les rideaux (net curtain crocheting machine), machine crocheter les dentelles (lace crocheting machine), métier crochets rideaux (net curtain crocheting machine), métier crochets dentelle (lace crocheting machine), métier crocheter (crochet warp-knitting machine, crocheting machine). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | häckelnd. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | μονόπλακη πλεκτομηχανή στημονιού για crochet (crochet warp-knitting machine, crocheting machine), αργαλειός με άγκιστρα για κουρτίνες (net curtain crocheting machine), αργαλειός με άγκιστρα για δαντέλλες (lace crocheting machine). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | telaio per tessuti di punto ordito (crochet warp-knitting machine, crocheting machine), telaio a uncinetti per tende (net curtain crocheting machine), telaio a uncinetti per pizzi (lace crocheting machine), macchina ad uncini per pizzi (lace crocheting machine). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ochetingcray tear de ganchos para fabricação de rendas (lace crocheting machine), tear de ganchos para fabricação de cortinados (net curtain crocheting machine), tear de agulhas para malha de teia (crochet warp-knitting machine, crocheting machine). (various references) telar de ganchos para encajes (lace crocheting machine), maquina de ganchos para cortinas (net curtain crocheting machine), máquina de ganchillo por urdimbre (crochet warp-knitting machine, crocheting machine). (various references) crochetmaskin (crochet warp-knitting machine, crocheting machine). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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"Crocheting" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: crokeing. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "crocheting" (pronounced krōshā"ing) |
| 3 | -ā" i ng | allaying, baying, betraying, buffeting, conveying, decaying, delaying, dismaying, disobeying, displaying, doomsaying, fraying, graying, Haying, laying, nonpaying, obeying, overplaying, paying, playing, portraying, praying, prepaying, preying, repaying, replaying, saying, slaying, spraying, staying, straying, surveying, swaying, weighing. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-c-e-g-h-i-n-o-r-t" | |
-1 letter: hectoring, tochering. | |
-2 letters: coercing, cohering, concerti, corniche, enchoric, gerontic, necrotic, ochering, retching, ricochet, torching. | |
-3 letters: centric, cerotic, choicer, choregi, choreic, chorine, choring, chronic, cithern, cithren, cointer, conceit, concert, conchie, coreign, cornice, crocein, crochet, crocine, echoing, ergotic, etching, genitor, gnocchi, notcher, noticer, ochring, orectic, technic. | |
-4 letters: cering, chicer, chigoe, chiton, choice, choric, cicero, cither, citron. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-c-e-g-h-i-n-o-r-t" | |
+1 letter: ricocheting. | |
+2 letters: ricochetting. | |
+5 letters: anticholinergic, cinematographic, counterchanging, countercharging, counterchecking, countermarching, counterpunching. | |
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