Definitions For Knot

noun

• A sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere
• Any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object
• Soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or created by design
• A tight cluster of people or things
• Something twisted and tight and swollen
• A hard cross-grained round piece of wood in a board where a branch emerged
• (of ships and wind) a unit of speed equal to one nautical mile per hour or about 1.15 statute miles per hour
• To tie a section of rope, string, fabric, etc., to itself or to something else so that a knot forms : to make a knot in (something) ; also : to connect (two or more parts or things) with a knot
• To develop a painful or uncomfortable feeling of tightness
• To make (the score of a game or contest) equal

verb

• Tie or fasten into a knot
• Tangle or complicate
• Make into knots; make knots out of