knot
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knot Definition
(n)
a
tight
cluster
of
people
or
things
; "
a
small
knot
of
women
listened
to
his
sermon
"
(n)
any
of
various
fastenings
formed
by
looping
and
tying
a
rope
(
or
cord
)
upon
itself
or
to
another
rope
or
to
another
object
(n)
a
hard
cross
-
grained
round
piece
of
wood
in
a
board
where
a
branch
emerged
; "
the
saw
buckled
when
it
hit
a
knot
"
(n)
something
twisted
and
tight
and
swollen
; "
their
muscles
stood
out
in
knots
"; "
the
old
man
''
s
fists
were
two
great
gnarls
"; "
his
stomach
was
in
knots
"
(n)
a
unit
of
length
used
in
navigation
;
equivalent
to
the
distance
spanned
by
one
minute
of
arc
in
latitude
;
1
,
852
meters
(n)
soft
lump
or
unevenness
in
a
yarn
;
either
an
imperfection
or
created
by
design
(n)
a
sandpiper
that
breeds
in
the
arctic
and
winters
in
the
southern
hemisphere
(v)
make
into
knots
;
make
knots
out
of
; "
She
knotted
der
fingers
"
(v)
tie
or
fasten
into
a
knot
; "
knot
the
shoelaces
"
(v)
tangle
or
complicate
; "
a
ravelled
story
"
knot Synonyms
air mile
burl
Calidris canutus
gnarl
grayback
international nautical mile
knot
mi
mile
naut mi
nautical mile
ravel
slub
tangle
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