English dictionary
knot
nounAudio pronunciation
Parts of speech
Definitions
noun
- a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the Southern Hemisphere
noun
- any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object
noun
- soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or created by design
noun
- a tight cluster of people or things
noun
- something twisted and tight and swollen
noun
- a hard cross-grained round piece of wood in a board where a branch emerged
noun
- (of ships and wind) a unit of speed equal to one nautical mile per hour or about 1.15 statute miles per hour
verb
- tie or fasten into a knot
verb
- tangle or complicate
verb
- make into knots; make knots out of
Example sentences
a small knot of women listened to his sermon
the bird had a knot of feathers forming a crest
their muscles stood out in knots
the old man's fists were two great gnarls
his stomach was in knots
the saw buckled when it hit a knot
knot the shoelaces
a ravelled story
She knotted her fingers