knot

knot
knot1 [nɔt US na:t] n
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1¦(string/rope etc)¦
2¦(hair style)¦
3¦(wood)¦
4¦(ship's speed)¦
5¦(people)¦
6¦(feeling)¦
7¦(hard mass)¦
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[: Old English; Origin: cnotta]
1.) ¦(STRING/ROPE ETC)¦
a) a part where one or more pieces of string, rope, cloth etc have been tied or twisted together
▪ Are you any good at tying knots ?
▪ Thread the string through the hoop and tie it in a knot .
b) a part where hair, a thread etc has become accidentally twisted together
▪ I can't get the knots out of my hair.
knot in
▪ There's a knot in my shoelace.
2.) ¦(HAIR STYLE)¦
a hair style in which your hair is arranged in a tight round shape on top of your head
3.) ¦(WOOD)¦
a hard round place in a piece of wood where a branch once joined the tree
4.) ¦(SHIP'S SPEED)¦
a unit for measuring the speed of ships and aircraft, equal to about 1853 metres per hour
5.) ¦(PEOPLE)¦
a small group of people standing close together
knot of
▪ Knots of delegates stood around outside the conference centre.
6.) ¦(FEELING)¦
a tight uncomfortable feeling caused by a strong emotion such as fear or anger
knot of
▪ a knot of anxiety in her stomach
▪ Her stomach was in knots .
7.) ¦(HARD MASS)¦
a tight painful place in a muscle
→↑Gordian knot,at a rate of knots at ↑rate1 (7), tie the knot at ↑tie2 (5), tie yourself (up) in knots at ↑tie1 (6)
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COLLOCATES for sense 1
tie a knot
tie something in a knot
undo a knot (=unfasten it)
loosen a knot
a tight knot
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knot 2
knot2 v past tense and past participle knotted present participle knotting
1.) [T]
to tie together two ends or pieces of string, rope, cloth etc
▪ A pretty scarf was loosely knotted around her neck.
2.) [I]
if hair, a thread etc knots, it becomes twisted together
3.) [I and T]
if a muscle or other part of your body knots, or is knotted, it feels tight and uncomfortable
▪ Fear and anxiety knotted her stomach.

Dictionary of contemporary English. 2013.

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  • knot — knot1 [nät] n. [ME knotte < OE cnotta, akin to Du knot, Swed knut, Ger knoten < IE * gn eu t < base * gen , to press together > KNOB, KNEAD] 1. a lump or knob in a thread, cord, etc., formed by passing one free end through a loop and… …   English World dictionary

  • Knot — Knot, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Knotted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Knotting}.] 1. To tie in or with, or form into, a knot or knots; to form a knot on, as a rope; to entangle. Knotted curls. Drayton. [1913 Webster] As tight as I could knot the noose. Tennyson …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • knot — ► NOUN 1) a fastening made by looping a piece of string, rope, etc. on itself and tightening it. 2) a tangled mass in hair, wool, etc. 3) a protuberance in a stem, branch, or root. 4) a hard mass in wood at the intersection of a trunk with a… …   English terms dictionary

  • Knot — Knot, v. i. 1. To form knots or joints, as in a cord, a plant, etc.; to become entangled. [1913 Webster] Cut hay when it begins to knot. Mortimer. [1913 Webster] 2. To knit knots for fringe or trimming. [1913 Webster] 3. To copulate; said of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • knot — [n1] bow, loop bond, braid, bunch, coil, connection, contortion, entanglement, gnarl, helix, hitch, joint, kink, ligament, ligature, link, mat, nexus, perplexity, rosette, screw, snag, snarl, spiral, splice, tangle, tie, twirl, twist, vinculum,… …   New thesaurus

  • knot|ty — «NOT ee», adjective, ti|er, ti|est. 1. full of knots: »knotty wood. ... the knotty side of an old Pollarel tree (Keats). A modern kitchen with knotty pine cabinets and exhaust fans (New York Times). SYNONYM(S): gnarled …   Useful english dictionary

  • knot — knot. См. узел. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …   Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

  • Knot — (Kanutsvogel), so v.w. Strandläufer …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

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