ALL meanings of bight
bight
B b - noun bight a wide indentation of a shoreline, or the body of water bounded by such a curve 3
- noun bight the slack middle part of an extended rope 3
- noun bight a curve or loop in a rope 3
- verb bight to fasten or bind with a bight 3
- noun bight a bend, angle, or hollow, specif. of a body structure 3
- noun bight a loop or slack part in a rope 3
- noun bight a curve in a river, coastline, etc. 3
- noun bight a bay formed by such a curve 3
- verb transitive bight to fasten with a bight of rope 3
- noun bight the middle part of a rope, as distinguished from the ends. 1
- noun bight the loop or bent part of a rope, as distinguished from the ends. 1
- noun bight a bend or curve in the shore of a sea or river. 1
- noun bight a body of water bounded by such a bend. 1
- noun bight a bay or gulf. 1
- verb with object bight to fasten with a bight of rope. 1
- noun bight curve in a coastline, bay, gulf 1
- noun bight loop of rope 1
- noun bight A corner, bend, or angle; a hollow; as, the bight of a horse's knee; the bight of an elbow. 0
- noun bight An area of sea lying between two promontories; larger than a bay, wider than a gulf. 0
- noun bight A curve in a rope. 0