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Definitions for Knot

[1] an interlacing, twining, looping, etc., of a cord, rope, or the like, drawn tight into a knob or lump, for fastening, binding, or connecting two cords together or a cord to something else.
[2] a piece of ribbon or similar material tied or folded upon itself and used or worn as an ornament.
[3] a group or cluster of persons or things: a knot of spectators.
[4] the hard, cross-grained mass of wood at the place where a branch joins the trunk of a tree.
[5] a part of this mass showing in a piece of lumber, wood panel, etc.
[6] Anatomy , Zoology . a protuberance or swelling on or in a part or process, as in a muscle.
[7] a protuberance in the tissue of a plant; an excrescence on a stem, branch, or root; a node or joint in a stem, especially when of swollen form.
[8] any of various fungal diseases of trees characterized by the formation of an excrescence, knob, or gnarl.
[9] an involved, intricate, or difficult matter; complicated problem.
[10] Nautical . a unit of speed equal to one nautical mile or about 1.15 statute miles per hour. a unit of 47 feet 3 inches (13.79 meters) on a log line, marked off by knots. a nautical mile.
[11] a bond or tie: the knot of matrimony.
[12] Also called joint, node. Mathematics . in interpolation, one of the points at which the values of a function are assigned.
[13] to tie in a knot; form a knot in.
[14] to secure or fasten by a knot.
[15] to form protuberances, bosses, or knobs in; make knotty.
[16] to become tied or tangled in a knot.
[17] to form knots or joints.
[18] tie the knot , Informal . to marry: They will tie the knot in November.
[19] either of two large sandpipers, Calidris canutus or C. tenuirostris, that breed in the Arctic and winter in the Southern Hemisphere.
[20] any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a piece of rope, cord, etc, in upon itself, to another piece of rope, or to another object
[21] a prescribed method of tying a particular knot
[22] a tangle, as in hair or string
[23] a decorative bow or fastening, as of ribbon or braid
[24] a small cluster or huddled group
[25] a tie or bond the marriage knot
[26] a difficult problem
[27] a protuberance or lump of plant tissues, such as that occurring on the trunks of certain trees
[28] a hard mass of wood at the point where a branch joins the trunk of a tree a cross section of this, usually roundish and cross-grained, visible in a piece of timber
[29] a sensation of constriction, caused by tension or nervousness his stomach was tying itself in knots
[30] pathol a lump of vessels or fibres formed in a part, as in a muscle anatomy a protuberance on an organ or part
[31] a unit of speed used by nautical vessels and aircraft, being one nautical mile (about 1.15 statute miles or 1.85 km) per hour
[32] one of a number of equally spaced knots on a log line used to indicate the speed of a ship in nautical miles per hour
[33] at a rate of knots very fast
[34] tie someone in knots to completely perplex or confuse someone
[35] tie the knot informal to get married
[36] (tr) to tie or fasten in a knot
[37] to form or cause to form into a knot
[38] (tr) to ravel or entangle or become ravelled or entangled
[39] (tr) to make (an article or a design) by tying thread in an interlaced pattern of ornamental knots, as in macramé
[40] a small northern sandpiper, Calidris canutus, with a short bill and grey plumage

Words related to Knot

screw, tangle, cluster, clump, mob, swarm, knit, nexus, contortion, twist, whorl, perplexity, braid, bunch, whirl, ligature, spiral, snag, tie, warp

Words nearby Knot

knoop scale, knop, knopf, knosp, knossos, knot, knot garden, knot stitch, knotgrass, knothole, knotroot

Origin of Knot

21425–75; late Middle English; origin uncertain

Words that may be confused with Knot

knot, not

Other words from Knot

knot·less , adjective
knot·like , adjective

Word origin for Knot

C15: of unknown origin

Synonyms for Knot

screw, tangle, bond, braid, bunch, coil, connection, contortion, entanglement, gnarl, helix, hitch, joint, kink, ligament, ligature, link, mat, nexus, perplexity, rosette, snag, snarl, spiral, splice, tie, twirl, twist, warp, whirl, whorl, yoke, vinculum