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knot

noun
  1. a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere
    greybackgrayback
  2. any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope or cord upon itself or to another rope or to another object
    “They made a sturdy knot while tying up the boat.”
  3. soft lump or unevenness in a yarn
    slubburl
  4. a tight cluster of people or things
    “A small knot of parishioners listened to the sermon.”
  5. a unit of length used in navigation
    mimilenautical milenaut miinternational nautical mileair mile
  6. something twisted and tight and swollen
    “their muscles stood out in knots”
    gnarl
  7. a hard cross-grained round piece of wood in a board where a branch emerged
    “the saw buckled when it hit a knot”
verb
  1. tie or fasten into a knot
    “knot the shoelaces”
  2. tangle or complicate
    tangleravel
  3. make into knots
    “make knots out of”