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Definition of a knot in English English dictionary: tye
knot: The whorl left in lumber by the base of a branch growing out of the tree's trunk
When preparing to tell stories at a campfire, I like to set aside a pile of pine logs with lots of knots, since they burn brighter and make dramatic pops and cracks.
knot: A tangled clump
The nurse was brushing knots from the protesting child's hair.
knot: Either of two species of small wading birds, the red knot (Calidris canutus) and the great knot (Calidris tenuirostris)
knot: Local swelling in a tissue area, especially skin, often due to injury
Jeremy had a knot on his head where he had bumped it on the bedframe.
knot: A maze-like pattern
knot: To form into a knot; tie with (a) knot(s)
We knotted the ends of the rope to keep it from unravelling.
knot: To form wrinkles in the forehead, as a sign of concentration, concern, surprise, etc
She knotted her brow in concentration while attempting to unravel the tangled strands.
knot: A group of people or things
He pushed through knots of whalemen grouped with their families and friends, and surrounded by piles of luggage.
knot: A nautical mile
knot: {n} part tied, hard place in wood, bond, a division of the log-line, as five knots an hour is five miles an hour
knot: {v} to make knots, tie, fasten, form buds
Knot: kt
knot: 27 feet; as, when a ship goes eight miles an hour, her speed is said to be eight knots
knot: A speed of 1 nautical mile per hour (abbreviated kt) A speed of 1 nautical mph (1 knot) is equal to 1 15 mph or 1 85 kph This is commonly used in navigation and meteorology
knot: A difficult situation
knot: If you feel a knot in your stomach, you get an uncomfortable tight feeling in your stomach, usually because you are afraid or excited. There was a knot of tension in his stomach
knot: a hard cross-grained round piece of wood in a board where a branch emerged; "the saw buckled when it hit a knot"
knot: To form into a knot
knot: A kind of epaulet
knot: A figure the lines of which are interlaced or intricately interwoven, as in embroidery, gardening, etc
knot: any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object
knot: the nautical measure of speed, one knot being a speed of one nautical mile (6,080 feet) per hour As a measure of speed the term is always knots, and never knots an hour
knot: If your stomach knots or if something knots it, it feels tight because you are afraid or excited. I felt my stomach knot with apprehension The old dread knotted her stomach
knot: To entangle or perplex; to puzzle
knot: A looping of a piece of string or of any other long, flexible material that cannot be untangled without passing one or both ends of the material through its loops
knot: If you tie yourself in knots, you get very confused and anxious. The press agent tied himself in knots trying to apologise
knot: A closed curve that is an abstraction of a knot (in sense 1 above)
knot: A nautical mile per hour, 1 1508 statute miles per hour
knot: One nautical mile per hour (6,080 2 ft) as compared to land mile of 5,280 ft
knot: soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or created by design
knot: If you knot a piece of string, rope, cloth, or other material, you pass one end or part of it through a loop and pull it tight. He knotted the laces securely together He knotted the bandanna around his neck. a knotted rope
knot: To knit knots for fringe or trimming
knot: A cluster of persons or things; a collection; a group; a hand; a clique; as, a knot of politicians
knot: One nautical mile per hour
knot: To form knots or joints, as in a cord, a plant, etc
knot: 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 a tight cluster of people or things; "a small knot of women listened to his sermon"
knot: speed of one nautical mile per hour It is 1 852 Km per hour or 1 15 mph
knot: Each knot on the line bears the same proportion to a mile that thirty seconds do to an hour
knot: A knob, lump, swelling, or protuberance
knot: {i} rope (or string, etc.) that has been tied together to create a fastening; tangle; unit of speed which equals one nautical mile per hour (6076 feet per hour); bulge, lump, nodule (in wood, etc.); group, cluster; complicated problem
knot: to become entangled
knot: A protuberant joint in a plant
knot: A knot in a piece of wood is a small hard area where a branch grew
knot: The unit of speed used in navigation It is equal to one nautical mile (6076 115 feet or 1852 meters) per hour
knot: A unit of speed most often used by marine interests in which one nautical mile per hour is achieved One knot equals approximately 1 15 miles per hour
knot: by any one of various ways of tying or entangling
knot: A lump or loop formed in a thread, cord, rope
knot: A nautical measure of speed, approximately 1 5 miles per hour
knot: The unit of speed in the nautical system; one nautical mile per hour It is equal to 1 1508 statute miles per hour or 0 5144 meters per second
knot: Something not easily solved; an intricacy; a difficulty; a perplexity; a problem
knot: A unit of speed The term "knot" means velocity in nautical miles per hour whether of a vessel or current One nautical mile is roughly equivalent to 1 15 statute miles or 1 85 kilometers
knot: a) One nautical mile per hour b) Connection of lines
knot: A unit of speed, one nautical mile per hour or approximately 1 15 statute miles per hour The nautical mile is closely related to the geographical mile which is defined as the length of one minute of arc on the earth's equator By international agreement, the nautical mile is now defined as 1852 meters
knot: a tight cluster of people or things; "a small knot of women listened to his sermon"
knot: A unit of speed, equal to one nautical mile per hour
knot: To unite closely; to knit together
knot: A knot is a unit of speed. The speed of ships, aircraft, and winds is measured in knots. They travel at speeds of up to 30 knots
knot: a unit of length used in navigation; equivalent to the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude; 1,852 meters
knot: The point on which the action of a story depends; the gist of a matter
knot: Unit of speed (1 nautical mile per hour)
knot: A division of the log line, serving to measure the rate of the vessel's motion
knot: A loose knot is generally the remains of a dead branch of a tree covered by later woody growth
knot: A unit of speed equal to one nautical mile per hour 1 knot = 1 n mile/h = 1 852 km/h
knot: The number of knots which run off from the reel in half a minute, therefore, shows the number of miles the vessel sails in an hour
knot: To copulate; said of toads
knot: speed of one nautical mile (1 15 miles) per hour
knot: If you say that two people tie the knot, you mean that they get married. Len tied the knot with Kate five years ago. Either of two migratory sandpipers (Calidris canutus or C. tenuirostris) that breed in Arctic regions. In cording, the interlacement of parts of one or more ropes, cords, or other pliable materials, commonly used to bind objects together. Knots have existed from the time humans first used vines and cordlike fibers to bind stone heads to wood in primitive axes, and were also used in the making of nets and traps. Knot making became sophisticated when it began to be used in the ropes, or rigging, that controlled the sails of early sailing vessels, and thus became the province of sailors. Knots are still depended on by campers and hikers, mountaineers, fishermen, and weavers, among others
knot: tangle or complicate; "a ravelled story"
knot: A portion of a branch of a tree that forms a mass of woody fiber running at an angle with the grain of the main stock and making a hard place in the timber
knot: A measure of speed It is one nautical mile per hour Never refer to "knots per hour" unless you want to describe acceleration A nautical mile is one minute of one degree of latitude and is slightly longer than the ordinary, or statute, mile used in the United States To convert nautical miles to miles or knots to miles per hour, multiply by 1 15 To convert miles to nautical miles or miles per hour to knots, divide by 1 15
knot: To tie in or with, or form into, a knot or knots; to form a knot on, as a rope; to entangle
knot: Speed measured in nautical miles per hour
knot: make into knots; make knots out of; "She knotted der fingers"
knot: {f} tie; make knots; unite; fasten; entangle
knot: A bond of union; a connection; a tie
knot: tie or fasten into a knot; "knot the shoelaces"
knot: See Shoulder knot
knot: 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
knot: a wind speed of one nautical mile per hour
knot: A nautical unit of speed of one nautical mile (1852 m) per hour The name is derived from the knots in a log line
knot: Rate of motion equal to 1 nautical mile per hour (about 1 15 miles per hour)
knot: An ornamental tie, as of a ribbon
knot: (1)The hard, irregular shaped defects in boards, caused by cutting at the point where the branch of the tree meets the trunk (2) A measure of speed, equal to one nautical mile (approximately 6,076 ft ) per hour BACK TO TOP
knot: make into knots; make knots out of; "She knotted der fingers
knot: A nautical unit of wind speed equal to the velocity at which one nautical mile is traveled in one hour Used primarily by marine interests and in weather observations 1 knot = 1 151 statute miles per hour
knot: 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"
knot: A nautical mile, or 6080
knot: A nautical unit of speed equal to the velocity at which one nautical mile is traveled in one hour Used primarily by marine interests and in weather observations A knot is equivalent to 1 151 statute miles per hour or 1 852 kilometers per hour
knot: The whorl left in lumber by the base of a branch growing out of the trees trunk
knot: One nautical mile per hour (1 15 mph)
knot: a sandpiper that breeds in the arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere
knot: A fastening together of the pars or ends of one or more threads, cords, ropes, etc
knot: If part of your face or your muscles knot, they become tense, usually because you are worried or angry. His forehead knotted in a frown. his knotted muscles
knot: A speed unit of 1 international nautical mile (1,852 0 meters or 6,076 115,49 international feet) per hour
knot: as at the end, by tying or interweaving it upon itself

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knot: (Madencilik) knot

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