Knot Meaning

There are 10 meaning(s) for word Knot

Meaning 1 : soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or created by design

    Synonyms : burl,  slub
Meaning 2 : tangle or complicate

    Synonyms : ravel,  tangle
Meaning 3 : something twisted and tight and swollen

    Example : their muscles stood out in knots,his stomach was in knots

    Synonyms : gnarl
Meaning 4 : a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere

    Synonyms : calidris canutus,  grayback,  greyback
Meaning 5 : a hard cross-grained round piece of wood in a board where a branch emerged

    Example : the saw buckled when it hit a knot

Meaning 6 : any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object

Meaning 7 : a tight cluster of people or things

    Example : a small knot of women listened to his sermon,the bird had a knot of feathers forming a crest

Meaning 8 : make into knots; make knots out of

    Example : She knotted her fingers

Meaning 9 : (of ships and wind) a unit of speed equal to one nautical mile per hour or about 1.15 statute miles per hour

Meaning 10 : tie or fasten into a knot

    Example : knot the shoelaces

Knot Antonyms

How to Pronounce Knot

  • nɑt