KNOT

Definition of KNOT

  1. (noun)a tight cluster of people or things
  2. (noun)any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object
  3. (noun)a hard cross-grained round piece of wood in a board where a branch emerged
  4. (noun)(of ships and wind) a unit of speed equal to one nautical mile per hour or about 1.15 statute miles per hour
  5. (noun)something twisted and tight and swollen
  6. (noun)soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or created by design
  7. (noun)a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the Southern Hemisphere
  8. (verb)make into knots; make knots out of
  9. (verb)tie or fasten into a knot
  10. (verb)tangle or complicate