KNOT
Definition of KNOT
- (noun)a tight cluster of people or things
- (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
- (noun)(of ships and wind) a unit of speed equal to one nautical mile per hour or about 1.15 statute miles per hour
- (noun)something twisted and tight and swollen
- (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
- (verb)tie or fasten into a knot
- (verb)tangle or complicate