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Synonyms for (noun) knot

Synonyms: Calidris canutus, knot, grayback, greyback Definition: a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere

Hypernyms: sandpiper Definition: any of numerous usually small wading birds having a slender bill and piping call; closely related to the plovers

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

Hypernyms: fastener, fastening, fixing, holdfast Definition: restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place

Synonyms: knot, slub, burl Definition: soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or created by design

Hypernyms: roughness, raggedness Definition: a texture of a surface or edge that is not smooth but is irregular and uneven

Synonyms: knot Definition: a tight cluster of people or things Usage: a small knot of women listened to his sermon; the bird had a knot of feathers forming a crest

Hypernyms: bunch, clump, cluster, clustering Definition: a grouping of a number of similar things Usage: a bunch of trees; a cluster of admirers

Synonyms: naut mi, nautical mile, mile, air mile, knot, mi, international nautical mile Definition: a unit of length used in navigation; exactly 1,852 meters; historically based on the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude

Hypernyms: nautical linear unit Definition: a linear unit of distance used in navigation

Synonyms: gnarl, knot Definition: something twisted and tight and swollen Usage: their muscles stood out in knots; the old man's fists were two great gnarls; his stomach was in knots

Hypernyms: distorted shape, distortion Definition: a shape resulting from distortion

Synonyms: knot Definition: a hard cross-grained round piece of wood in a board where a branch emerged Usage: the saw buckled when it hit a knot

Hypernyms: wood Definition: the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees

Synonyms for (verb) knot

Synonyms: knot Definition: tie or fasten into a knot Usage: knot the shoelaces

Hypernyms: tie, bind Definition: fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord Usage: They tied their victim to the chair

Synonyms: tangle, ravel, knot Definition: tangle or complicate Usage: a ravelled story

Hypernyms: twine, enlace, entwine, interlace, intertwine, lace Definition: spin,wind, or twist together Usage: intertwine the ribbons; Twine the threads into a rope; intertwined hearts

Synonyms: knot Definition: make into knots; make knots out of Usage: She knotted her fingers

Hypernyms: create from raw material, create from raw stuff Definition: make from scratch