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nounsoft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or created by designtype of:
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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
Definition that contains knot
- calm wind moving at less than 1 knot; 0 on the Beaufort scale
- cat a whip with nine knotted cords
- tie neckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the front
- tie form a knot or bow in
- storm a violent weather condition with winds 64-72 knots (11 on the Beaufort scale) and precipitation and thunder and lightning
- bow a knot with two loops and loose ends; used to tie shoelaces
- granny a reef knot crossed the wrong way and therefore insecure
- log measuring instrument that consists of a float that trails from a ship by a knotted line in order to measure the ship's speed through the water
- knot make into knots; make knots out of
- knot tie or fasten into a knot