Definition of well knit in US English:

adjective

• (of a person) strongly and compactly built.

  ‘the well-knit, athletic type’

  More example sentences

  • ‘From the head, the back gently slopes over an arched neck and well-muscled shoulders to well-knit hips.’
  • ‘Out from the kitchen strolled a well-knit youth with the air of a young and arrogant war lord from an ancient dynasty, holding a large vegetable knife firmly in his hand.’
  • ‘At fifteen she had been a simple, sweet-tempered farm-girl, well-knit and attractive, with raven-black hair.’

  Synonyms

  strong, as strong as an ox, muscular, well muscled, muscly, muscle-bound, well built, powerfully built, powerful, mighty, herculean, strapping, burly, robust, sturdy, husky, lusty, sinewy, rugged

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