Knot

[nɒt] or [nɑt]

Definition

(noun.) a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere.

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

(verb.) tie or fasten into a knot; 'knot the shoelaces'.

(verb.) make into knots; make knots out of; 'She knotted her fingers'.

Inputed by Ezra--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) A fastening together of the pars or ends of one or more threads, cords, ropes, etc., by any one of various ways of tying or entangling.

(n.) A lump or loop formed in a thread, cord, rope. etc., as at the end, by tying or interweaving it upon itself.

(n.) An ornamental tie, as of a ribbon.

(n.) A bond of union; a connection; a tie.

(n.) Something not easily solved; an intricacy; a difficulty; a perplexity; a problem.

(n.) A figure the lines of which are interlaced or intricately interwoven, as in embroidery, gardening, etc.

(n.) A cluster of persons or things; a collection; a group; a hand; a clique; as, a knot of politicians.

(n.) A portion of a branch of a tree that forms a mass of woody fiber running at an angle with the grain of the main stock and making a hard place in the timber. A loose knot is generally the remains of a dead branch of a tree covered by later woody growth.

(n.) A knob, lump, swelling, or protuberance.

(n.) A protuberant joint in a plant.

(n.) The point on which the action of a story depends; the gist of a matter.

(n.) See Node.

(n.) A division of the log line, serving to measure the rate of the vessel's motion. Each knot on the line bears the same proportion to a mile that thirty seconds do to an hour. The number of knots which run off from the reel in half a minute, therefore, shows the number of miles the vessel sails in an hour.

(n.) A nautical mile, or 6080.27 feet; as, when a ship goes eight miles an hour, her speed is said to be eight knots.

(n.) A kind of epaulet. See Shoulder knot.

(n.) A sandpiper (Tringa canutus), found in the northern parts of all the continents, in summer. It is grayish or ashy above, with the rump and upper tail coverts white, barred with dusky. The lower parts are pale brown, with the flanks and under tail coverts white. When fat it is prized by epicures. Called also dunne.

(v. t.) To tie in or with, or form into, a knot or knots; to form a knot on, as a rope; to entangle.

(v. t.) To unite closely; to knit together.

(v. t.) To entangle or perplex; to puzzle.

(v. i.) To form knots or joints, as in a cord, a plant, etc.; to become entangled.

(v. i.) To knit knots for fringe or trimming.

(v. i.) To copulate; -- said of toads.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [1]. Entanglement, complication.[2]. Tie, connection, bond of union.[3]. Joint, node, knag.[4]. Tuft, bunch.[5]. Group, band, clique, gang, crew, squad, cluster, set, pack.[6]. Nautical mile.

v. a. Entangle, tie, complicate.

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Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Tie, bond, intricacy, difficulty, perplexity, cluster, collection, band, group,protuberance, joint

ANT:Loosening, unfastening, dissolution, solution, explication, unravelling,dispersion, multitude, crowd, indentation, evenness, smoothness, cavity

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Definition

n. a bunch of threads or the like entangled or twisted: an interlacement of parts of a cord &c. by twisting the ends about each other and then drawing tight the loops thus formed: a piece of ribbon lace &c. folded or tied upon itself in some particular form as shoulder-knot breast-knot &c.: anything like a knot in form: a bond of union: a difficulty: the gist of a matter: a cluster: the part of a tree where a branch shoots out: an epaulet: (naut.) a division of the knot-marked log-line: a nautical mile.—v.t. to tie in a knot: to unite closely.—v.i. to form knots or joints: to knit knots for a fringe:—pr.p. knot′ting; pa.t. and pa.p. knot′ted.—n. Knot′-grass a common weed or grass so called from the numerous joints or knots of its stem.—adjs. Knot′less without knots; Knot′ted full of or having knots: having intersecting lines or figures.—n. Knot′tiness.—adj. Knot′ty containing knots: hard rugged: difficult: intricate.—n. Knot′work ornamental work made with knots.—Bowline knot (see Bow); Granny knot (see Granny); Porters' knot a pad for supporting burdens on the head; Square knot a knot used in tying reef-points so that the ends come out alongside the standing parts; Surgeons' knot a square or reef knot used in tying a ligature round a cut artery; True lovers' knot a kind of double knot with two bows and two ends an emblem of interwoven affections.—Cut the knot to solve a problem slap-dash (cf. Gordian).

n. a wading-bird much resembling a snipe sometimes said but without evidence to be named from King Cnut or Canute.

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