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nounsoft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or created by designtype of:
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verbtangle or complicateOpposite:
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"their muscles stood out in knots" "his stomach was in knots"nounsomething twisted and tight and swollen
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nouna sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere
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"the saw buckled when it hit a knot"nouna hard cross-grained round piece of wood in a board where a branch emerged
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nounany 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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"a small knot of women listened to his sermon" "the bird had a knot of feathers forming a crest"nouna tight cluster of people or thingstype of:
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"She knotted her fingers"verbmake into knots; make knots out of
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noun(of ships and wind) a unit of speed equal to one nautical mile per hour or about 1.15 statute miles per hourtype of:
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"knot the shoelaces"verbtie or fasten into a knot
Synonyms & Similar Words
bunch tie wood rate bow fixing bind hitch lace cluster distortion tangle sandpiper clump ravel intertwine twine entwine roughness fastening knotty macrame fastener clustering interlace sheepshank slipknot burl slub raggedness enlace gnarl distorted shape calidris canutus grayback greyback holdfast carrick bend blood knot bowknot barrel knot clove hitch fisherman's bend fisherman's knot gordian knot half hitch hawser bend loop knot love knot lover's knot lovers' knot overhand knot prolonge knot sailor's breastplate square knot stopper knot surgeon's knot true lover's knot true lovers' knot truelove knot turk's head figure eight figure of eight create from raw stuff create from raw material