Definition of Knot

  • 1. A tight cluster of people or things Noun
  • 2. Any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object Noun
  • 3. A hard cross-grained round piece of wood in a board where a branch emerged Noun
  • 4. (of ships and wind) a unit of speed equal to one nautical mile per hour or about 1.15 statute miles per hour Noun
  • 5. Something twisted and tight and swollen Noun
  • 6. Soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or created by design Noun
  • 7. A sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere Noun
  • 8. Make into knots; make knots out of Verb
  • 9. Tie or fasten into a knot Verb
  • 10. Tangle or complicate Verb

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