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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
Examples of knot
- "their muscles stood out in knots"
- "his stomach was in knots"
- "the saw buckled when it hit a knot"
- "a small knot of women listened to his sermon"
- "the bird had a knot of feathers forming a crest"
- "She knotted her fingers"
- "knot the shoelaces"