Noun
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a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere
- calidris canutus -
soft lump or unevenness in a yarn
either an imperfection or created by design
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a unit of length used in navigation
exactly 1,852 meters
historically based on the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude
- nautical mile - naut mi - international nautical mile - air mile -
something twisted and tight and swollen
"their muscles stood out in knots"
"the old man's fists were two great gnarls"
"his stomach was in knots"
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a hard cross-grained round piece of wood in a board where a branch emerged
"the saw buckled when it hit a knot"
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any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object
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a tight cluster of people or things
"a small knot of women listened to his sermon"
"the bird had a knot of feathers forming a crest"
Verb
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tangle or complicate
"a ravelled story"
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tie or fasten into a knot
"knot the shoelaces"
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make into knots
make knots out of
"She knotted her fingers"