Knot - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |nɑːt|  American pronunciation of the word knot
Brit.  |nɒt|  British pronunciation of the word knot

noun

- 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
- any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object
- a hard cross-grained round piece of wood in a board where a branch emerged
the saw buckled when it hit a knot
- (of ships and wind) a unit of speed equal to one nautical mile per hour or about 1.15 statute miles per hour
- something twisted and tight and swollen (syn: gnarl)
their muscles stood out in knots
his stomach was in knots
- soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or created by design (syn: burl)
- a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere

verb

- make into knots; make knots out of
She knotted her fingers
- tie or fasten into a knot
knot the shoelaces
- tangle or complicate (syn: ravel, tangle)

Extra examples

He knotted his tie so that both ends would be the same length.

...the extension cords were hopelessly knotted together...

The prisoner escaped from the prison by knotting the sheets together and climbing down them out of the window.

Are you any good at tying knots?

Thread the string through the hoop and tie it in a knot.

I can't get the knots out of my hair.

There's a knot in my shoelace.

Knots of delegates stood around outside the conference centre.

Her stomach was in knots.

A pretty scarf was loosely knotted around her neck.

Fear and anxiety knotted her stomach.

She knotted her fingers

Make a knot in the rope and pull it tight.

She made a tight knot in the rope.

The rope was tied in a loose knot.

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: knot
he/she/it: knots
present participle: knotting
past tense: knotted
past participle: knotted
noun
singular: knot
plural: knots
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