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Purl Very Common

Purl has 15 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Verb

Definitions
Noun
1

gold or silver wire thread

2

a basic knitting stitch made by putting the needle through the front of the stich from the righthand side

3

A particular stitch in knitting; an inversion of stitches giving the work a ribbed or waved appearance.

4

a heavy or headlong fall; an upset.

5

A circle made by the motion of a fluid; an eddy; a ripple.

6

Ale or beer spiced with wormwood or other bitter herbs, regarded as a tonic.

7

A tern.

Verb
1

flow in a circular current, of liquids

2

make a murmuring sound

"the water was purling"

3

knit with a purl stitch

4

edge or border with gold or silver embroidery

5

embroider with gold or silver thread

6

To decorate with fringe or embroidered edge

7

To upset, to spin, capsize, fall heavily, fall headlong.

8

To flow with a murmuring sound in swirls and eddies.

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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
thread knitting stitch run make noise knit embroider
Rhyming Words
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