knot is the dictionary form of knots Definition of knot
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" |
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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
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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" |
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[ verb ] make into knots; make knots out of
Examples "She knotted her fingers" |
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[ verb ] tie or fasten into a knot
Examples "knot the shoelaces" |
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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" |
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[ noun ] (zoology) sandpiper that breeds in the arctic and winters in the S hemisphere
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