knot
has definitions from the field of zoology
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[ noun ] a tight cluster of people or things
Examples "a small knot of women listened to his sermon" Used in print (W. E. B. DuBois, Worlds of Color....)A knot of old worshippers , chiefly women , listened weekly to a sermon . Related terms |
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[ noun ] any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object
Used in print (Guy Bolton, The Olympians....)His hand went to her shoulder and pushed_aside the knotted scarf that surmounted the striped poplin gown ; then , to better purpose , he took_hold_of the knot and with dextrous fingers , untied it . |
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[ noun ] a hard cross-grained round piece of wood in a board where a branch emerged
Examples "the saw buckled when it hit a knot" Used in print (Bell I. Wiley, "Home Letters of Johnny Reb and Billy...)A Michigan soldier stationed in Georgia wrote in 1864 : `` I expect to be tough as a knott as_soon_as I get_over the Georgia Shitts '' . |
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[ verb ] make into knots; make knots out of
Examples "She knotted her fingers" Used in print (Whit Masterson, Evil Come, Evil Go....)Memory flooded him the instant he opened his eyes and the sick feeling knotted his stomach . Related terms |
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[ noun ] a unit of length used in navigation; equivalent to the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude; 1,852 meters
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[ noun ] something twisted and tight and swollen
Synonyms Examples "their muscles stood out in knots" "the old man's fists were two great gnarls" "his stomach was in knots" Related terms |
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[ noun ] (zoology) sandpiper that breeds in the arctic and winters in the S hemisphere
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