Knot
[n] sandpiper that breeds in the arctic and winters in the S hemisphere
[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] soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or created by design
[n] a tight cluster of people or things; "a small knot of women listened to his sermon"
[n] a unit of length used in navigation; equivalent to the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude; 1,852 meters
[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 hard cross-grained round piece of wood in a board where a branch emerged; "the saw buckled when it hit a knot"
[v] tie or fasten into a knot
[v] tangle or complicate; "a ravelled story"
[v] make into knots; make knots out of
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Synonyms
air mile, burl, Calidris canutus, gnarl, grayback, international nautical mile, mi, mile, naut mi, nautical mile, ravel, slub, tangle
Related Terms
accouple, accumulate, adhesive, affix, affixation, agglutinate, aggregation, air speed, amass, amount to, anamorphism, anamorphosis, anchor knot, annexation, articulate, assemblage, assemble, associate, asymmetry, attach, attachment, baffling problem, bal