Knot
nounNoun
something twisted and tight and swollen
“their muscles stood out in knots”
“his stomach was in knots”
Similar:GnarlType of:Distortiona tight cluster of people or things
“a small knot of women listened to his sermon”
“the bird had a knot of feathers forming a crest”
Type of:ClumpClusteringClustera hard cross-grained round piece of wood in a board where a branch emerged
“the saw buckled when it hit a knot”
Type of:Woodsoft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or created by design
Similar:BurlSlubType of:RoughnessRaggednessa sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere
Similar:GraybackGreybackType of:Sandpiperany of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object
Type of:FastenerFixingHoldfast(of ships and wind) a unit of speed equal to one nautical mile per hour or about 1.15 statute miles per hour
Type of:Rate
Verb
make into knots; make knots out of
“She knotted her fingers”
tie or fasten into a knot
“knot the shoelaces”
Type of:TieBindtangle or complicate
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