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knot

(n/A/t )

a tight cluster of people or things(noun.group)

Example:
A small knot of women listened to his sermon.
The bird had a knot of feathers forming a crest.

source: wordnet30
any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object(noun.artifact)

source: wordnet30
a hard cross-grained round piece of wood in a board where a branch emerged(noun.substance)

Example:
The saw buckled when it hit a knot.

source: wordnet30
something twisted and tight and swollen(noun.shape)

Example:
Their muscles stood out in knots.
His stomach was in knots.

Synonym:
gnarl

source: wordnet30
a unit of length used in navigation; exactly 1,852 meters; historically based on the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude(noun.quantity)

Synonym:
air mile, international nautical mile, mi, mile, naut mi, nautical mile

source: wordnet30
soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or created by design(noun.attribute)

Synonym:
burl, slub

source: wordnet30
a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere(noun.animal)

Synonym:
calidris canutus, grayback, greyback

source: wordnet30
A fastening together of the pars or ends of one or more threads, cords, ropes, etc., by any one of various ways of tying or entangling.(noun)

source: webster1913

make into knots; make knots out of(verb.creation)

Example:
She knotted her fingers.

source: wordnet30
tie or fasten into a knot(verb.contact)

Example:
Knot the shoelaces.

source: wordnet30
tangle or complicate(verb.contact)

Synonym:
ravel, tangle
Antonym:
ravel, ravel out, unravel

source: wordnet30
To tie in or with, or form into, a knot or knots; to form a knot on, as a rope; to entangle.(verb)

source: webster1913
To form knots or joints, as in a cord, a plant, etc.; to become entangled.(verb)

source: webster1913