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knot

/ knot /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
a sandpiper that breeds in the arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere
Type of:
sandpiper
Has parts:
Calidris genus Calidris
verb Sense 2
tie or fasten into a knot
"knot the shoelaces"
Type of:
tie bind
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
noun Sense 3
a hard cross-grained round piece of wood in a board where a branch emerged
"the saw buckled when it hit a knot"
Type of:
wood
Has parts:
board plank
noun Sense 4
something twisted and tight and swollen
"their muscles stood out in knots"
"the old man''s fists were two great gnarls"
"his stomach was in knots"
Type of:
distorted shape distortion
Derived:
gnarl ravel tangle
noun Sense 5
a tight cluster of people or things
"a small knot of women listened to his sermon"
Type of:
bunch clump cluster
noun Sense 6
any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object
Type of:
fastener fastening holdfast
Kinds of:
barrel knot blood knot bow bowknot carrick bend
verb Sense 7
make into knots; make knots out of
"She knotted der fingers"
Type of:
create from raw material create from raw stuff
Kinds of:
macrame
Derived:
gnarl
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
noun Sense 8
soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or created by design
Type of:
roughness
Derived:
burl
verb Sense 9
tangle or complicate
"a ravelled story"
Opposites:
unravel unknot unscramble untangle unpick
Type of:
intertwine twine entwine
Derived:
gnarl tangle snarl maze run
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
noun Sense 10
a unit of length used in navigation; equivalent to the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude; 1,852 meters
Type of:
nautical linear unit
Semantic Complexity
100%
Sense Count
10
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
44
Times Searched
3
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Related Words

sandpiper tie bind wood distorted shape distortion bunch clump cluster fastener fastening holdfast