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

bunch

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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 '' .

Related terms

wood board

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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 .

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[ verb ] tie or fasten into a knot

Examples

"knot the shoelaces"

Related terms

tie

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[ verb ] tangle or complicate

Synonyms

tangle ravel

Examples

"a ravelled story"

Related terms

unravel unravel intertwine run

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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

Related terms

nautical_linear_unit

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[ noun ] something twisted and tight and swollen

Synonyms

gnarl

Examples

"their muscles stood out in knots" "the old man's fists were two great gnarls" "his stomach was in knots"

Related terms

distorted_shape gnarl

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[ noun ] soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or created by design

Synonyms

burl slub

Related terms

roughness burl

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[ noun ] (zoology) sandpiper that breeds in the arctic and winters in the S hemisphere

Related terms

sandpiper Calidris

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