knot

Definitions

1. 1noun

   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.

2. 2noun

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

3. 3noun

   An ornamental tie, as of a ribbon.

4. 4noun

   A bond of union; a connection; a tie.

5. 5noun

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

6. 6noun

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

7. 7noun

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

8. 8noun

   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.

9. 9noun

   A knob, lump, swelling, or protuberance.

10. 10noun

    A protuberant joint in a plant.

11. 11noun

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

12. 12noun

    See Node.

13. 13noun

    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.

14. 14noun

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

15. 15noun

    A kind of epaulet. See Shoulder knot.

16. 16noun

    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.

17. 17transitive verb

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

18. 18transitive verb

    To unite closely; to knit together.

19. 19transitive verb

    To entangle or perplex; to puzzle.

20. 20intransitive verb

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

21. 21intransitive verb

    To knit knots for fringe or trimming.

22. 22intransitive verb

    To copulate; -- said of toads.

23. 23noun

    a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere

    Synonyms

    graybackgreyback
24. 24noun

    any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object

25. 25noun

    soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or created by design

    Synonyms

    burlslub
26. 26noun

    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"

27. 27noun

    a unit of length used in navigation; exactly 1,852 meters; historically based on the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude

    Synonyms

    mimile
28. 28noun

    something twisted and tight and swollen

    "their muscles stood out in knots"

    "the old man's fists were two great gnarls"

    Synonyms

    gnarl
29. 29noun

    a hard cross-grained round piece of wood in a board where a branch emerged

    "the saw buckled when it hit a knot"

30. 30verb

    tie or fasten into a knot

    "knot the shoelaces"

31. 31verb

    tangle or complicate

    "a ravelled story"

    Synonyms

    raveltangle
32. 32verb

    make into knots; make knots out of

    "She knotted her fingers"