Knot

English Meaning

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.

1. A compact intersection of interlaced material, such as cord, ribbon, or rope.
2. A fastening made by tying together lengths of material, such as rope, in a prescribed way.
3. A decorative bow of ribbon, fabric, or braid.
4. A unifying bond, especially a marriage bond.
5. A tight cluster of persons or things: a knot of onlookers.
6. A feeling of tightness: a knot of fear in my stomach.
7. A complex problem.
8. A hard place or lump, especially on a tree, at a point from which a stem or branch grows.
9. The round, often darker cross section of such a lump as it appears on a piece of cut lumber. Also called node.
10. A protuberant growth or swelling in a tissue: a knot in a gland.
11. Nautical A division on a log line used to measure the speed of a ship.
12. A unit of speed, one nautical mile per hour, approximately 1.85 kilometers (1.15 statute miles) per hour.
13. A distance of one nautical mile.
14. To tie in or fasten with a knot or knots.
15. To snarl or entangle.
16. To cause to form a knot or knots.
17. To form a knot or knots.
18. To become snarled or entangled.
19. Either of two migratory sandpipers (Calidris canutus or C. tenuirostris) that breed in Arctic regions.