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knot 1  (nt) n. 1. a. A compact intersection of interlaced material, such as cord, ribbon, or rope. b. A fastening made by tying together lengths of material, such as rope, in a prescribed way. 2. A decorative bow of ribbon, fabric, or braid. 3. A unifying bond, especially a marriage bond. 4. A tight cluster of persons or things: a knot of onlookers. 5. A feeling of tightness: a knot of fear in my stomach. 6. A complex problem. 7. a. A hard place or lump, especially on a tree, at a point from which a stem or branch grows. b. The round, often darker cross section of such a lump as it appears on a piece of cut lumber. Also called node. 8. A protuberant growth or swelling in a tissue: a knot in a gland. 9. a. Nautical A division on a log line used to measure the speed of a ship. b. Abbr. kn. or kt. A unit of speed, one nautical mile per hour, approximately 1.85 kilometers (1.15 statute miles) per hour. c. A distance of one nautical mile. v. knot·ted, knot·ting, knots v.tr. 1. To tie in or fasten with a knot or knots. 2. To snarl or entangle. 3. To cause to form a knot or knots. v.intr. 1. To form a knot or knots. 2. To become snarled or entangled. [Middle English, from Old English cnotta.] Usage Note: In nautical usage knot is a unit of speed, not of distance, and has a built-in meaning of "per hour." Therefore, a ship would strictly be said to travel at ten knots (not ten knots per hour).

knot1 barrel and figure-eight knots

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knot

Noun

1. a fastening formed by looping and tying pieces of rope, cord, or string

2. a tangle, such as in hair

3. a decorative bow, such as of ribbon

4. a small cluster or huddled group: a knot of passengers gathered on the platform

5. a bond: to tie the knot of friendship

6.

a. a hard mass of wood where a branch joins the trunk of a tree

b. a cross section of this visible in timber

7. a feeling of tightness, caused by tension or nervousness: a dull knot of anxiety that sat in the pit of her stomach

8. a unit of speed used by ships and aircraft, equal to one nautical mile per hour

9. at a rate of knots very fast

10. tie someone in knots to confuse someone completely

Verb

[knotting, knotted]

1. to tie or fasten in a knot

2. to form into a knot

3. to entangle or become entangled [Old English cnotta]

knotted adj
knotless adj

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Knot a small cluster or group of persons or things.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	knot - 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" bunch, clump, cluster, clustering - a grouping of a number of similar things; "a bunch of trees"; "a cluster of admirers"
	2.	knot - any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object barrel knot, blood knot - a knot used for tying fishing leaders together; the ends of the two leaders are wrapped around each other two or three times bow, bowknot - a knot with two loops and loose ends; used to tie shoelaces carrick bend - a knot used to connect the ends of two large ropes or hawsers clove hitch - a knot used to fasten a line temporarily to a post or spar fastening, holdfast, fastener, fixing - restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place figure eight, figure of eight - a knot having the shape of the numeral 8; tied in a rope that has been passed through a hole or pulley and that prevents the rope from coming loose fisherman's bend - a knot for tying a line to a spar or ring fisherman's knot, truelove knot, true lover's knot - a knot for tying the ends of two lines together Gordian knot - an intricate knot tied by Gordius, the king of Phrygia, and cut by the sword of Alexander the Great after he heard that whoever undid it would become ruler of Asia half hitch - a knot used to fasten a rope temporarily to an object; usually tied double hawser bend - a knot uniting the ends of two lines hitch - a knot that can be undone by pulling against the strain that holds it; a temporary knot loop knot - any of various knots used to make a fixed loop in a rope love knot, lover's knot, lovers' knot, true lover's knot, true lovers' knot - a stylized or decorative knot used as an emblem of love overhand knot - a simple small knot (often used as part of other knots) prolonge knot, sailor's breastplate - a knot in the rope used to drag a gun carriage sheepshank - a knot for shortening a line slipknot - a knot at the end of a cord or rope that can slip along the cord or rope around which it is made square knot - a double knot made of two half hitches and used to join the ends of two cords stopper knot - a knot that prevents a rope from passing through a hole surgeon's knot - any of several knots used in tying stitches or ligatures Turk's head - an ornamental knot that resembles a small turban
	3.	knot - a hard cross-grained round piece of wood in a board where a branch emerged; "the saw buckled when it hit a knot" wood - the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees plank, board - a stout length of sawn timber; made in a wide variety of sizes and used for many purposes
	4.	knot - 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" gnarl distorted shape, distortion - a shape resulting from distortion
	5.	knot - a unit of length used in navigation; exactly 1,852 meters; historically based on the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude air mile, international nautical mile, mile, naut mi, nautical mile, mi nautical linear unit - a linear unit of distance used in navigation
	6.	knot - soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or created by design slub, burl raggedness, roughness - a texture of a surface or edge that is not smooth but is irregular and uneven
	7.	knot - a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere Calidris canutus, grayback, greyback sandpiper - any of numerous usually small wading birds having a slender bill and piping call; closely related to the plovers Calidris, genus Calidris - a genus of Scolopacidae
Verb	1.	knot - make into knots; make knots out of; "She knotted her fingers" create from raw material, create from raw stuff - make from scratch macrame - make knotted patterns; "macrame a plant holder"
	2.	knot - tie or fasten into a knot; "knot the shoelaces" tie, bind - fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord; "They tied their victim to the chair"
	3.	knot - tangle or complicate; "a ravelled story" ravel, tangle interlace, intertwine, lace, twine, enlace, entwine - spin,wind, or twist together; "intertwine the ribbons"; "Twine the threads into a rope"; "intertwined hearts" unknot, unpick, unravel, unscramble, untangle - become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of; "unravel the thread"

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knot

noun 1. connection, tie, bond, joint, bow, loop, braid, splice, rosette, ligature

noun 2. group, company, set, band, crowd, pack, squad, circle, crew (informal) gang, mob, clique, assemblage

verb 3. tie, secure, bind, complicate, weave, loop, knit, tether, entangle

Translations

knot [nɔt] n (gen) → nudo

vt → anudar;

to tie a knot → hacer un nudo

knot [nɔt] n (gen) → nœud m

vt → nouer;

to tie a knot → faire un nœud

knot [nɔt] n → Knoten m;

(in wood) → Ast m

vt → einen Knoten machen in +acc;

(knot together) → verknoten;

to tie a knot → einen Knoten machen

knot [nɔt] n → nodo

vt → annodare;

to tie a knot → fare un nodo

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knot

n knot [not]

1 a lump or join made in string, rope etc by twisting the ends together and drawing tight the loops formed She fastened the string round the parcel, tying it with a knot. knoop عُقْدَه възел uzel knude der Knoten κόμπος, φιόγκος nudo sõlm گره solmu noeud קֶשֶר गांठ čvor csomó simpul hnútur nodo 結び目 매듭 mazgas mezgls simpulan knoop knute węzeł nó nod узел uzol vozel čvor knut ปม düğüm 結 вузол گرہ nút 结

2 a lump in wood at the join between a branch and the trunk This wood is full of knots. kwas عُقْدَه في غُصْن الشَّجَره чеп suk knude der Astknorren ρόζος nudo oksakoht گره oksankohta noeud סִיקוּס, “עַין” गांठ kvrga görcs bonggol kvistur nodo 節 마디 šaka māzers, koka izaugums bonggol kwast kvist sęk nó nod нарост hrča grča čvor kvist นอต budak (樹木的)節 сучок, вузол گانٹھ mắt gỗ （树木的）节

3 a group or gathering a small knot of people groep, bende زُمْرَه، مَجْموعَه група hlouček klynge der Haufen ομάδα grupo, corrillo rühm گروه ryhmä groupe קְבוּצָה समूह skupina, grupa csoport kelompok hópur, þyrping capannello 群れ 무리 būrelis (ļaužu) grupa kelompok kluitje klynge, liten gruppe gromadka grupo grup кучка hlúčik gruča grupa ljudi klunga, grupp กลุ่ม küme, grup, topluluk 一群 група, купка کوئی گروہ یا جمگھٹا nhóm 一小群

4 a measure of speed for ships (about 1.85 km per hour). knope عَقْدَه بَحْرِيَّه мор. възел uzel knob der Knoten κόμβος nudo sõlm گره solmu noeud קֶשֶר יָמִי जहाज़ की गति की माप čvor csomó knot hnútur (1 sjómíla á klst.) nodo ノット 노트 mazgas (jūrniecībā) mezgls knot knoop knop węzeł nod maritim узел uzol morski vozel morska milja knop ความเร็วในการเดินเรือ 1.85 กิโลเมตรต่อชั่วโมง deniz mili 海裡 вузол جہاز کی رفتار کی پیمائش کی اکائی hải lý 海里

v – past tense, past particple ˈknotted –

to tie in a knot He knotted the rope around the post. geknoop يَعْقُد завързвам uvázat na uzel binde knude knoten δένω με κόμπο anudar, atar sõlmima گره زدن solmia nouer לִקשוֹר गांठ लगना, बांधना, उलझाना zavezati u čvor, zauzlati csomóz mengikatkan hnÿta, binda hnút annodare 結ぶ 맺어지다; 매다, 매듭을 짓다 sumegzti, surišti mazgu sasiet mezglā menyimpul knopen knytte, knyte i knute wiązać nó a înnoda завязывать узлом zaviazať na uzol zavozlati vezati čvor knyta ผูกเงื่อน düğümleyip bağlamak, düğüm atmak 把...打結，捆紮 зав'язувати вузол, вузлом گرہ باندھنا thắt nút 把...打结，捆扎

adj ˈknotty

1 containing knots. knopperig مُعَقَّد، مَليء بالعُقَد с възли uzlovitý; sukovitý knudret knotig ροζιασμένος nudoso sõlmiline, okslik پر گره solmuinen, oksainen noueux מָלֵא קְשָרִים गंठीला, गांठदार čvornat csomós penuh bonggol hnútóttur, hnÿttur; kvistóttur nodoso 結び目のある 매듭진 su mazgais mezglains; zarains bersimpul-simpul vol knopen med kvister/knuter; floket sękaty com nós узловатый hrčavý; hrčovitý vozlast čvornovat knutig, knölig, kvistig มีปมมาก düğümlü, düğüm düğüm 有結的 вузлуватий; сучкуватий گرہ دار nhiều nút 有结的

2 (of a problem etc) difficult a knotty problem. moeilike, ingewikkelde صَعب ، مُعَقَّد сложен nesnadný, složitý indviklet; knudret verwickelt δύσκολος, μπερδεμένος espinoso keeruline دشوار visainen épineux בְּעָיָה סְבוּכָה जटिल, मश्किल, पेचीदा, उलझा हुआ zamršen bonyolult sulit torleystur difficile 複雑な 곤란한, 얽힌 sunkus, sudėtingas, painus sarežģīts masalah yang rumit ingewikkeld innviklet, vanskelig zawiły difícil spinos трудный zložitý zavozlan složen kvistig, knölig ยุ่งยาก zor 棘手的 складний, заплутаний مشکل khó tháo gỡ 棘手的