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noun

an interlacing, twining, looping, etc., of a cord, rope, or the like, drawn tight into a knob or lump, for fastening, binding, or connecting two cords together or a cord to something else.

a piece of ribbon or similar material tied or folded upon itself and used or worn as an ornament.

a group or cluster of persons or things: a knot of spectators.

the hard, cross-grained mass of wood at the place where a branch joins the trunk of a tree.

a part of this mass showing in a piece of lumber, wood panel, etc.

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Anatomy, Zoology. a protuberance or swelling on or in a part or process, as in a muscle.

a protuberance in the tissue of a plant; an excrescence on a stem, branch, or root; a node or joint in a stem, especially when of swollen form.

any of various fungal diseases of trees characterized by the formation of an excrescence, knob, or gnarl.

an involved, intricate, or difficult matter; complicated problem.

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Nautical.

a unit of speed equal to one nautical mile or about 1.15 statute miles per hour.

a unit of 47 feet 3 inches (13.79 meters) on a log line, marked off by knots.

a nautical mile.

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a bond or tie: the knot of matrimony.

12.

Also called joint, node. Mathematics. in interpolation, one of the points at which the values of a function are assigned.

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verb (used with object)

13.

to tie in a knot; form a knot in.

14.

to secure or fasten by a knot.

15.

to form protuberances, bosses, or knobs in; make knotty.

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verb (used without object)

16.

to become tied or tangled in a knot.

17.

to form knots or joints.

Idiom

18.

tie the knot, Informal. to marry: They will tie the knot in November.

Origin:
before 1000; (noun) Middle English knot(te), Old English cnotta; cognate with Dutch knot, German knoten to knit; (v.) Middle English, derivative of the noun

Related forms

knot·less, adjective

knot·like, adjective

Synonyms
3. company, band, crew, gang, crowd. 7. lump, knob, gnarl. 9. perplexity, puzzle, conundrum.

Example Sentences

The green helicopter was standing at the ready as a knot of men approached.

The findings in what's known as virtual knot theory carry the possibility of advancing medical research.

Couples who tied the knot recently seem to have more staying power than their predecessors.

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The green helicopter was standing at the ready as a knot of men approached.

The findings in what's known as virtual knot theory carry the possibility of advancing medical research.

Couples who tied the knot recently seem to have more staying power than their predecessors.

Snakes should go into a pillowcase or cloth bag tied with an overhand knot and then into another pillowcase that is also tied.

What leaves you in a knot of angst may not even faze.

We follow a knot of workmen up the hill to rectangular pits shaded by a corrugated steel roof-the main excavation site.

One melancholy cow peers over the fence as a knot of wine connoisseurs gaze at the oak-dotted hills and luxuriously swirl their.

The writer makes a series of decisions, recorded as a knot that can then be read by anyone who knows the rules.

Your skin turns clammy, a knot forms in your stomach and you can taste the.

Any knot that can be handled simply, through meetings or mediation, won't tie everyone up.

I'll learn how to tie the knot properly and will memorize the drop tables.

Cross two strings and knot to create a three-way line.

It's often cut to a short length then tied into a knot.

They converted a small front yard into a knot garden of herbs.

One solution is to cut that section, and tie a new knot.

The protagonist tying and retying the knot of his own fate.

Rowling ties up all the possibilities of the major characters' young lives into the knot of marriage.

Not in the same city, but in the same small knot outside of a grocery store.

Hold it together by tying the ribbon in a loose knot or bow at the top.

The rush of dopamine loosens the knot in my stomach ever so slightly.

Tie two opposite corners of cheesec loth into a knot over curds and repeat with other two corners.

Untangling and re-creating the elaborate knot of rules and referrals that drove the health care system was particularly grueling.

Tens of thousands of this state's residents, more of them every year, are using commercial wedding chapels to tie the knot.

The knot beneath the head indicates it is a bundle that has a head/mask on it.

It may be a net or knot of geometric relationships to its surroudings that experiences and can transforms the material reality.

They are truly headless with their necks tied off in a knot.

He has shown an edged tool that will cut a seasoned pine or hemlock knot without affecting the.

It too is a densely packed bundle, but unlike the equilibrium globule, it doesn't have a single knot.

Here the archive faces an enormous amount of data and many possibilities, in an almost inextricable knot.

The minister who started to tie the knot was in an airplane which crashed into a tree.

So you'll have to use fissures, knot holes and even bullet holes to sense rather than see him.

And knot by knot, the boat is literally falling apart.

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Dictionary.com Unabridged

noun

either of two large sandpipers, Calidris canutus or C. tenuirostris, that breed in the Arctic and winter in the Southern Hemisphere.

Also called grayback.

Origin:
1425–75; late Middle English; origin uncertain

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World English Dictionary

knot¹ (nɒt)

—n
1.	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
2.	a prescribed method of tying a particular knot
3.	a tangle, as in hair or string
4.	a decorative bow or fastening, as of ribbon or braid
5.	a small cluster or huddled group
6.	a tie or bond: the marriage knot
7.	a difficult problem
8.	a protuberance or lump of plant tissues, such as that occurring on the trunks of certain trees
9.	a. a hard mass of wood at the point where a branch joins the trunk of a tree
	b. a cross section of this, usually roundish and cross-grained, visible in a piece of timber
10.	a sensation of constriction, caused by tension or nervousness: his stomach was tying itself in knots
11.	a. pathol a lump of vessels or fibres formed in a part, as in a muscle
	b. anatomy a protuberance on an organ or part
12.	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
13.	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
14.	at a rate of knots very fast
15.	tie someone in knots to completely perplex or confuse someone
16.	informal tie the knot to get married

—vb , knots, knotting, knotted
17.	(tr) to tie or fasten in a knot
18.	to form or cause to form into a knot
19.	(tr) to ravel or entangle or become ravelled or entangled
20.	(tr) to make (an article or a design) by tying thread in an interlaced pattern of ornamental knots, as in macramé

[Old English cnotta; related to Old High German knoto, Old Norse knūtr]

'knotter¹

—n

'knotless¹

—*adj*

'knotlike¹

—*adj*

knot² (nɒt)

—n
	a small northern sandpiper, Calidris canutus, with a short bill and grey plumage

[C15: of unknown origin]

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Word Origin & History

knot

O.E. cnotta "intertwining of ropes, cords, etc.," from P.Gmc. *knuttan- (cf. Low Ger. knütte, Du. knot, O.H.G. knoto, Ger. Knoten, perhaps also O.N. knutr "knot, knob"). Fig. sense of "difficult problem" was in O.E. (cf. Gordian knot). Symbolic of the bond of wedlock, early 13c. As an ornament of

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dress, first attested c.1400. Meaning "thickened part or protuberance on tissue of a plant" is from late 14c. The nautical unit of measure (1630s) is from the practice of attaching knotted string to the log line. The ship's speed can be measured by the number of knots that play out while the sand glass is running.

"The distance between the knots on the log-line should contain 1/120 of a mile, supposing the glass to run exactly half a minute." [Jorge Juan and Antonio de Ulloa, "A Voyage to South America" 1760]

The verb meaning "to tie in a knot" is from 1547. Knot-hole is from 1726. Knothead "stupid person" is from 1940.

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Medical Dictionary

knot (nŏt)
n.