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List of meaning for knot

a tangled mass or lump

knot(noun)

a 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"

knot(noun)

any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object

knot(noun)

a hard cross-grained round piece of wood in a board where a branch emerged

"the saw buckled when it hit a knot"

knot, gnarl(noun)

something twisted and tight and swollen

"their muscles stood out in knots"; "the old man's fists were two great gnarls"; "his stomach was in knots"

nautical mile, mile, mi, naut mi, knot, international nautical mile, air mile(noun)

a unit of length used in navigation; exactly 1,852 meters; historically based on the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude

slub, knot, burl(noun)

soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or created by design

knot, greyback, grayback, Calidris canutus(verb)

a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere

knot(verb)

make into knots; make knots out of

"She knotted her fingers"

knot(verb)

tie or fasten into a knot

"knot the shoelaces"

ravel, tangle, knot(verb)

tangle or complicate

"a ravelled story"

a number of things considered as a unit

from the summit we could see knots of houses up and down the river valley

a small rounded mass of swollen tissue

felt a small knot on the back of his head

a uniting or binding force or influence

their business partnership is strengthened by the knot of personal friendship

a usually small number of persons considered as a unit

knots of people were quietly chatting around the meeting hall

something that requires thought and skill for resolution

the situation involved so many legal knots that we decided to get a lawyer

to twist together into a usually confused mass

the extension cords were hopelessly knotted together

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