Definition of "st"

st¹

interjection
1. Expressing a sudden desire for silence.

st²

noun
plural sts
1. Abbreviation of street. (Usually as “st.” Also as “st”. Sometimes capitalized.)
2. Abbreviation of Saint. (Always capitalized.)
3. Abbreviation of state.
4. Abbreviation of stone. (Not capitalized or usually spaced.)
  Quotations
  Weighed myself at the gym and have hit 10st 8lb, a sure sign of things getting out of control—so I can’t even console myself with a chocolate biscuit.
  1992 October 3, Edwina Currie, Diary
5. Abbreviation of store.
6. (knitting) Abbreviation of stitch.
  Quotations
  insert right-hand needle bet 2 sts just knitted
  1998, Kristin Nicholas, Knitting the New Classics, page 63
  Knit 1 row. Dec 1 st at each end of next row and at each end of every foll alt row until 2 sts rem.
  2009, Sally Muir, Joanna Osborne, Diana Miller, Pet Projects: The Animal Knits Bible, page 71
  Change to larger needles and knit 1 rnd in CC, inc 3 (4, 5) sts evenly […]
  2011, Barb Brown, Knitting Knee-Highs: Sock Styles from Classic to Contemporary, page 55