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knot1
noun
1 a join or tie in string, etc made by looping the ends around each other and pulling tight.
2 a bond or uniting link.
3 a coil or bun in the hair.
4 a decoratively tied ribbon, etc.
5 a tangle in hair, string, etc.
6 a difficulty or complexity.
7 a hard mass of wood at the point where a branch has grown out from a tree trunk.
8 a scar on a piece of timber, representing a cross-section through such a mass.
9 a node or joint in a stem, especially of grass.
10 a small gathering or cluster of people, etc.
11 (abbreviation kn) used in meteorology and in navigation by aircraft and at sea: a unit of speed equal to one nautical mile (1.85km) per hour.
12 loosely a nautical mile.
13 a tight feeling, eg in the stomach, caused by nervousness.
verb (knotted , knotting )
1 to tie something in a knot.
2 tr & intr to tangle; to form knots.
3 intr said eg of the stomach: to become tight with nervousness, etc.
[Anglo-Saxon cnotta ]
knotless adjective .
knotted adjective
1 full of knots.
2 having a knot or knots.
knotty adjective (knottier , knottiest )
1 full of knots.
2 said of a problem, etc: difficult, complex or intricate.
at a rate of knots colloq very fast.
get knotted! Brit colloq an expression of dismissal, refusal or defiance.
tie someone or oneself in knots to bewilder, confuse or perplex them or oneself.
tie the knot colloq to get married.
knot2
noun a small wading bird of the sandpiper family with grey plumage and a short bill.
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