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knot::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | burl, slub |
| Type of | roughness, raggedness |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | gnarl |
| Type of | distortion, distorted shape |
| Derivation | knotty |
their muscles stood out in knots.
his stomach was in knots.
knot::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | calidris canutus, grayback, greyback |
| Type of | sandpiper |
knot::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | fastener, fixing, holdfast, fastening |
| Has types | carrick bend, blood knot, bow, bowknot, barrel knot, clove hitch, fisherman's bend, fisherman's knot, gordian knot, half hitch, hawser bend, hitch, loop knot, love knot, lover's knot, lovers' knot, overhand knot, prolonge knot, sailor's breastplate, sheepshank, slipknot, square knot, stopper knot, surgeon's knot, true lover's knot, true lovers' knot, truelove knot, turk's head, figure eight, figure of eight |
| Derivation | knotty |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | clump, clustering, cluster, bunch |
a small knot of women listened to his sermon.
the bird had a knot of feathers forming a crest.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | create from raw stuff, create from raw material |
| Has types | macrame |
She knotted her fingers.
knot::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | rate |
Examples of knot
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Dorian was briefly married in 2004, tying the knot on Valentine's Day in Hawaii.
From the suntimes.com
The couple tied the knot in a simple ceremony at Il Buco restaurant in New York.
From the sacbee.com
Below, a taste of what's to come as America's reality TV princess ties the knot.
From the abcnews.go.com
Rubicondi is Trump's fourth husband who tied the knot after six years of dating.
From the sltrib.com
With my pack tugging at my shoulders again, the knot in my back soon reappeared.
From the boston.com
Hand-sewing with thread tends to make it twist back and knot up, which is pesky.
From the newsobserver.com
The use of a simple slip knot allows one person alone to hoist the flag unaided.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Mrs. McAuley has made sure that the knot garden is more than just a pretty face.
From the post-gazette.com
The narrow end could end up resting as close as two inches from the knot itself.
From the yallsjoynt.com
- 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"
- Make into knots; make knots out of; "She knotted her fingers"
- Any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object
- Tie or fasten into a knot; "knot the shoelaces"
- A hard cross-grained round piece of wood in a board where a branch emerged; "the saw buckled when it hit a knot"
- Ravel: tangle or complicate; "a ravelled story"
- A knot is a method of fastening or securing linear material such as rope by tying or interweaving. It may consist of a length of one or several segments of rope, string, webbing, twine, strap, or even chain interwoven such that the line can bind to itself or to some other object (the "load")...
- KNOT (1450 AM) is a commercial Classic Country music radio station in Prescott, Arizona, broadcasting to the Flagstaff-Prescott, Arizona, area.
- Graph theory is a growing area in mathematical research, and has a large specialized vocabulary. Some authors use the same word with different meanings. Some authors use different words to mean the same thing. This page attempts to keep up with current usage.
