ALL meanings of knot
knot
K k - noun knot tie made in rope, string, etc. 1
- noun knot round formation in wood 1
- transitive verb knot tie a knot in 1
- noun knot boat speed: about 1 mph 1
- noun knot tension in a muscle 1
- noun knot decoration 1
- noun knot tangle 1
- verbal expression knot get married 1
- intransitive verb knot lump up 1
- transitive verb knot tie: shoelaces 1
- noun knot A fastening made by tying a piece of string, rope, or something similar. 1
- noun knot either of two large sandpipers, Calidris canutus or C. tenuirostris, that breed in the Arctic and winter in the Southern Hemisphere. 1
- verb with object knot to tie in a knot; form a knot in. 1
- verb with object knot to secure or fasten by a knot. 1
- verb with object knot to form protuberances, bosses, or knobs in; make knotty. 1
- verb without object knot to become tied or tangled in a knot. 1
- verb without object knot to form knots or joints. 1
- idioms knot tie the knot, Informal. to marry: They will tie the knot in November. 1
- countable noun knot If you tie a knot in a piece of string, rope, cloth, or other material, you pass one end or part of it through a loop and pull it tight. 0
- verb knot If you knot a piece of string, rope, cloth, or other material, you pass one end or part of it through a loop and pull it tight. 0
- countable noun knot A knot of people is a group of people who are standing very close together. 0
- countable noun knot If you feel a knot in your stomach, you get an uncomfortable tight feeling in your stomach, usually because you are afraid or excited. 0
- verb knot If your stomach knots or if something knots it, it feels tight because you are afraid or excited. 0
- verb knot If part of your face or your muscles knot, they become tense, usually because you are worried or angry. 0
- countable noun knot A knot in a piece of wood is a small hard area where a branch grew. 0
- countable noun knot A knot is a unit of speed. The speed of ships, aircraft, and winds is measured in knots. 0
- noun knot any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a piece of rope, cord, etc, in upon itself, to another piece of rope, or to another object 0
- noun knot a prescribed method of tying a particular knot 0
- noun knot a tangle, as in hair or string 0
- noun knot a decorative bow or fastening, as of ribbon or braid 0
- noun knot a small cluster or huddled group 0
- noun knot a tie or bond 0
- noun knot a difficult problem 0
- noun knot a protuberance or lump of plant tissues, such as that occurring on the trunks of certain trees 0
- noun knot a hard mass of wood at the point where a branch joins the trunk of a tree 0
- noun knot a cross section of this, usually roundish and cross-grained, visible in a piece of timber 0
- noun knot a sensation of constriction, caused by tension or nervousness 0
- noun knot a lump of vessels or fibres formed in a part, as in a muscle 0
- noun knot a protuberance on an organ or part 0
- noun knot a unit of speed used by nautical vessels and aircraft, being one nautical mile (about 1.15 statute miles or 1.85 km) per hour 0
- noun knot one of a number of equally spaced knots on a log line used to indicate the speed of a ship in nautical miles per hour 0
- verb knot to tie or fasten in a knot 0
- verb knot to form or cause to form into a knot 0
- verb knot to ravel or entangle or become ravelled or entangled 0
- verb knot to make (an article or a design) by tying thread in an interlaced pattern of ornamental knots, as in macramé 0
- noun knot a small northern sandpiper, Calidris canutus, with a short bill and grey plumage 0
- noun knot a lump or knob in a thread, cord, etc., formed by passing one free end through a loop and drawing it tight, or by a tangle drawn tight 0
- noun knot a fastening made by intertwining or tying together pieces of string, cord, rope, etc. 0
- noun knot an ornamental bow of ribbon or twist of braid; cockade; epaulet 0
- noun knot a small group or cluster 0