Definition of knot - Rhyme Finder

Definitions

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"

Noun

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

Noun

a hard cross-grained round piece of wood in a board where a branch emerged; "the saw buckled when it hit a knot"

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"

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

Noun

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

Noun

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

Verb

make into knots; make knots out of; "She knotted her fingers"

Verb

tie or fasten into a knot; "knot the shoelaces"

Verb

tangle or complicate; "a ravelled story"

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