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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.knoopعُقْدَهвъзелuzelknudeder Knotenκόμπος, φιόγκοςnudosõlmگرهsolmunoeudקֶשֶרगांठčvorcsomósimpulhnúturnodo結び目매듭mazgasmezglssimpulanknoopknutewęzełnónodузелuzolvozelčvorknutปมdüğüm結вузолگرہnút结

2 a lump in wood at the join between a branch and the trunk This wood is full of knots.kwasعُقْدَه في غُصْن الشَّجَرهчепsukknudeder Astknorrenρόζοςnudooksakohtگرهoksankohtanoeudסִיקוּס, “עַין”गांठkvrgagörcsbonggolkvisturnodo節마디šakamāzers, koka izaugumsbonggolkwastkvistsęknónodнаростhrčagrčačvorkvistนอตbudak(樹木的)節сучок, вузолگانٹھmắt gỗ（树木的）节

3 a group or gathering a small knot of peoplegroep, bendeزُمْرَه، مَجْموعَهгрупаhloučekklyngeder Haufenομάδαgrupo, corrillorühmگروهryhmägroupeקְבוּצָהसमूहskupina, grupacsoportkelompokhópur, þyrpingcapannello群れ무리būrelis(ļaužu) grupakelompokkluitjeklynge, liten gruppegromadkagrupogrupкучкаhlúčikgručagrupa ljudiklunga, gruppกลุ่มküme, grup, topluluk一群група, купкаکوئی گروہ یا جمگھٹاnhóm一小群

4 a measure of speed for ships (about 1.85 km per hour). knopeعَقْدَه بَحْرِيَّهмор. възелuzelknobder Knotenκόμβοςnudosõlmگرهsolmunoeudקֶשֶר יָמִיजहाज़ की गति की मापčvorcsomóknothnútur (1 sjómíla á klst.)nodoノット노트mazgas(jūrniecībā) mezglsknotknoopknopwęzełnod maritimузелuzolmorski vozelmorska miljaknopความเร็วในการเดินเรือ 1.85 กิโลเมตรต่อชั่วโมงdeniz mili海裡вузолجہاز کی رفتار کی پیمائش کی اکائیhải lý海里

v – past tense, past particple ˈknotted –

to tie in a knot He knotted the rope around the post.geknoopيَعْقُدзавързвамuvázat na uzelbinde knudeknotenδένω με κόμποanudar, atarsõlmimaگره زدنsolmianouerלִקשוֹרगांठ लगना, बांधना, उलझानाzavezati u čvor, zauzlaticsomózmengikatkanhnÿta, binda hnútannodare結ぶ맺어지다; 매다, 매듭을 짓다sumegzti, surišti mazgusasiet mezglāmenyimpulknopenknytte, knyte i knutewiązaćnóa înnodaзавязывать узломzaviazať na uzolzavozlativezati čvorknytaผูกเงื่อนdüğümleyip bağlamak, düğüm atmak把...打結，捆紮зав'язувати вузол, вузломگرہ باندھناthắt nút把...打结，捆扎

adj ˈknotty

1 containing knots. knopperigمُعَقَّد، مَليء بالعُقَدс възлиuzlovitý; sukovitýknudretknotigροζιασμένοςnudososõlmiline, okslikپر گرهsolmuinen, oksainennoueuxמָלֵא קְשָרִיםगंठीला, गांठदारčvornatcsomóspenuh bonggolhnútóttur, hnÿttur; kvistótturnodoso結び目のある매듭진su mazgaismezglains; zarainsbersimpul-simpulvol knopenmed kvister/knuter; floketsękatycom nósузловатыйhrčavý; hrčovitývozlastčvornovatknutig, knölig, kvistigมีปมมากdüğümlü, düğüm düğüm有結的вузлуватий; сучкуватийگرہ دارnhiều nút有结的

2 (of a problem etc) difficult a knotty problem.moeilike, ingewikkeldeصَعب ، مُعَقَّدсложенnesnadný, složitýindviklet; knudretverwickeltδύσκολος, μπερδεμένοςespinosokeerulineدشوارvisainenépineuxבְּעָיָה סְבוּכָהजटिल, मश्किल, पेचीदा, उलझा हुआzamršenbonyolultsulittorleysturdifficile複雑な곤란한, 얽힌sunkus, sudėtingas, painussarežģītsmasalah yang rumitingewikkeldinnviklet, vanskeligzawiłydifícilspinosтрудныйzložitýzavozlansloženkvistig, knöligยุ่งยากzor棘手的складний, заплутанийمشکلkhó tháo gỡ棘手的