KNOT as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a sandpiper that breeds in the arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere
   Synonym(s)
   • Calidris canutus (what does Calidris canutus mean?)
   • grayback (what does grayback mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) knot is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • sandpiper (what does sandpiper mean?)
2. Meaning
   • any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object
   Hypernyms(s) knot is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • fastener (what does fastener mean?)
   • fastening (what does fastening mean?)
   • holdfast (what does holdfast mean?)
   • fixing (what does fixing mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • barrel knot (what does barrel knot mean?)
   • blood knot (what does blood knot mean?)
   • bow (what does bow mean?)
   • bowknot (what does bowknot mean?)
   • carrick bend (what does carrick bend mean?)
   • clove hitch (what does clove hitch mean?)
   • figure eight (what does figure eight mean?)
   • figure of eight (what does figure of eight mean?)
   • fisherman’s bend (what does fisherman’s bend mean?)
   • fisherman’s knot (what does fisherman’s knot mean?)
   • true lover’s knot (what does true lover’s knot mean?)
   • truelove knot (what does truelove knot mean?)
   • Gordian knot (what does Gordian knot mean?)
   • half hitch (what does half hitch mean?)
   • hawser bend (what does hawser bend mean?)
   • hitch (what does hitch mean?)
   • loop knot (what does loop knot mean?)
   • love knot (what does love knot mean?)
   • lover’s knot (what does lover’s knot mean?)
   • overhand knot (what does overhand knot mean?)
   • prolonge knot (what does prolonge knot mean?)
   • sailor’s breastplate (what does sailor’s breastplate mean?)
   • sheepshank (what does sheepshank mean?)
   • slipknot (what does slipknot mean?)
   • square knot (what does square knot mean?)
   • stopper knot (what does stopper knot mean?)
   • surgeon’s knot (what does surgeon’s knot mean?)
   • Turk’s head (what does Turk’s head mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • knot (what does knot mean?)
3. Meaning
   • soft lump or unevenness in a yarn
   • either an imperfection or created by design
   Synonym(s)
   • burl (what does burl mean?)
   • slub (what does slub mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) knot is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • roughness (what does roughness mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • burl (what does burl mean?)
4. Meaning
   • a tight cluster of people or things
   Usage Example(s)
   • a small knot of women listened to his sermon
   Hypernyms(s) knot is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • bunch (what does bunch mean?)
   • clump (what does clump mean?)
   • cluster (what does cluster mean?)
   • clustering (what does clustering mean?)
5. Meaning
   • a unit of length used in navigation
   • equivalent to the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude
   • 1,852 meters
   Synonym(s)
   • air mile (what does air mile mean?)
   • international nautical mile (what does international nautical mile mean?)
   • mi (what does mi mean?)
   • mile (what does mile mean?)
   • nautical mile (what does nautical mile mean?)
   • naut mi (what does naut mi mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) knot is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • nautical linear unit (what does nautical linear unit mean?)
6. Meaning
   • something twisted and tight and swollen
   Synonym(s)
   • gnarl (what does gnarl mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • their muscles stood out in knots
   • the old man’’s fists were two great gnarls
   • his stomach was in knots
   Hypernyms(s) knot is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • distorted shape (what does distorted shape mean?)
   • distortion (what does distortion mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • gnarl (what does gnarl mean?)
   • ravel (what does ravel mean?)
   • tangle (what does tangle mean?)
   • knot (what does knot mean?)
   • knot (what does knot mean?)
7. Meaning
   • a hard cross-grained round piece of wood in a board where a branch emerged
   Usage Example(s)
   • the saw buckled when it hit a knot
   Hypernyms(s) knot is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • wood (what does wood mean?)

KNOT as VERB

1. Meaning
   • tie or fasten into a knot
   Usage Example(s)
   • knot the shoelaces
   Hypernyms(s) knot is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • tie (what does tie mean?)
   • bind (what does bind mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • knot (what does knot mean?)
2. Meaning
   • tangle or complicate
   Synonym(s)
   • ravel (what does ravel mean?)
   • tangle (what does tangle mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • a ravelled story
   Hypernyms(s) knot is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • intertwine (what does intertwine mean?)
   • twine (what does twine mean?)
   • entwine (what does entwine mean?)
   • enlace (what does enlace mean?)
   • interlace (what does interlace mean?)
   • lace (what does lace mean?)
   Antonym(s)
   • unravel (what does unravel mean?)
   • unknot (what does unknot mean?)
   • unscramble (what does unscramble mean?)
   • untangle (what does untangle mean?)
   • unpick (what does unpick mean?)
   • unravel (what does unravel mean?)
   • unknot (what does unknot mean?)
   • unscramble (what does unscramble mean?)
   • untangle (what does untangle mean?)
   • unpick (what does unpick mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • knot (what does knot mean?)
   • gnarl (what does gnarl mean?)
   • tangle (what does tangle mean?)
   • snarl (what does snarl mean?)
   • maze (what does maze mean?)
   • run (what does run mean?)
   • ladder (what does ladder mean?)
   • ravel (what does ravel mean?)
3. Meaning
   • make into knots
   • make knots out of
   Usage Example(s)
   • She knotted der fingers
   Hypernyms(s) knot is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • create from raw material (what does create from raw material mean?)
   • create from raw stuff (what does create from raw stuff mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • macrame (what does macrame mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • knot (what does knot mean?)
   • gnarl (what does gnarl mean?)