Knot

  • 11Knot — (Kanutsvogel), so v.w. Strandläufer …

    Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • 12Knot — (engl., spr. nott, »Knoten« [s. d.]), die britische Seemeile (nautical mile), auf 6080 feet bestimmt, = 1853,15 m …

    Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • 13knot — index connection (fastening), contort, intertwine, involution, snarl Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

    Law dictionary

  • 14Knot — For speeds, see Knot (unit). For other uses, see Knot (disambiguation). Some knots 1 Yarn knot ABoK #2688 2 Manrope knot 3 Granny knot 4 Rosebud stopper knot(?) …

    Wikipedia

  • 15knot — knot1 knotless, adj. knotlike, adj. /not/, n., v., knotted, knotting. n. 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… …

    Universalium

  • 16knot — Synonyms and related words: Blackwall hitch, Chinese puzzle, Flemish knot, French shroud knot, German knot, Gordian knot, Matthew Walker knot, Rube Goldberg contraption, Windsor knot, accouple, accumulate, adhesive, affix, affixation, agglutinate …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 17knot — 01. She tied the string in a [knot]. 02. It was hard to chop the wood because it was full of [knots]. 03. The little boy had tied his shoelace in a [knot] and couldn t get it undone. 04. John showed me a good [knot] to use when tying the kayaks… …

    Grammatical examples in English

  • 18knot — Ⅰ. knot1 (nŏt) n. 1. a) A compact intersection of interlaced material, such as cord, ribbon, or rope. b) A fastening made by tying together lengths of material, such as rope, in a prescribed way. 2. A decorative bow of ribbon, fabric, or braid. 3 …

    Word Histories

  • 19knot — knot1 [nɔt US na:t] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(string/rope etc)¦ 2¦(hair style)¦ 3¦(wood)¦ 4¦(ship s speed)¦ 5¦(people)¦ 6¦(feeling)¦ 7¦(hard mass)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [: Old English; Origin: cnotta] 1.) …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 20knot — [[t]nɒ̱t[/t]] knots, knotting, knotted 1) N COUNT If you tie a knot in a piece of string, rope, cloth, or other material, you pass one end or part of it through a loop and pull it tight. One lace had broken and been tied in a knot. 2) VERB If you …

    English dictionary