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'

any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object

a hard cross-grained round piece of wood in a board where a branch emerged; the saw buckled when it hit a knot'

something twisted and tight and swollen; their muscles stood out in knots; the old mans fists were two great gnarls; his stomach was in knots

[ Syn: gnarl ]

a unit of length used in navigation; exactly 1, 852 meters; historically based on the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude

[ Syn: nautical mile , mile , mi , naut mi , international nautical mile , air mile ]

soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or created by design

[ Syn: slub , burl ]

a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere

[ Syn: greyback , grayback , calidris canutus ]

make into knots; make knots out of; She knotted her fingers'

tie or fasten into a knot; knot the shoelaces'

tangle or complicate; a ravelled story

[ Syn: ravel , ravel , ravel , tangle , tangle , tangle ]