[ US /ˈnɑt/ ]
[ UK /nˈɒt/ ]
NOUN
  1. soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or created by design
  2. something twisted and tight and swollen
    his stomach was in knots
    their muscles stood out in knots
    the old man's fists were two great gnarls
  3. a hard cross-grained round piece of wood in a board where a branch emerged
    the saw buckled when it hit a knot
  4. (of ships and wind) a unit of speed equal to one nautical mile per hour or about 1.15 statute miles per hour
  5. any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object
  6. a tight cluster of people or things
    a small knot of women listened to his sermon
    the bird had a knot of feathers forming a crest
  7. a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere
VERB
  1. make into knots; make knots out of
    She knotted her fingers
  2. tangle or complicate
    a ravelled story
  3. tie or fasten into a knot
    knot the shoelaces
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How To Use knot In A Sentence

  • When we see her, we remember that hot July day doing five knots pulling Jess and Jerry on a tube and Russ skippering his first yacht.
  • The scooter was a propeller-driven device that could pull a diver at about five knots and had a battery life of about three hours.
  • The area had been hit by heavy rainstorms with wind speeds of about 10 knots per hour, which had caused the sea level to rise by about 1.5 meters.
  • After several attempts to untie the knot, I admitted defeat and cut through it with a knife.
  • The masseuse said she'd never known anyone with such knotted shoulders.
  • The note in question is a Japanese 1,000 yen bill that was probably a prototype of a new high-tech banknote.
  • I quit talking as his hands began to knead my tired, knotted muscles and one by one, I felt them all begin to slacken.
  • You run around the garden scooping air into the open end and then you tie a knot. Times, Sunday Times
  • The knot will keep the line from pulling through the turning block or fairlead. Sailing Fundamentals
  • Salvation came in the form of a doctor who was able to help Sterry unravel the knots - and in the form of his wife.
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