Word Finder - knot

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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.

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Climbers must make sure that all knots are both secure and of types that will not weaken the rope.

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(of hair, etc) A tangled clump.

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The nurse was brushing knots from the protesting child's hair.

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A maze-like pattern.

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A non-self-intersecting closed curve in (e.g., three-dimensional) space that is an abstraction of a knot (in sense 1 above).

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A knot can be defined as a non-self-intersecting broken line whose endpoints coincide: when such a knot is constrained to lie in a plane, then it is simply a polygon.

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A difficult situation.

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I got into a knot when I inadvertently insulted a policeman.

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The whorl left in lumber by the base of a branch growing out of the tree's trunk.

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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.

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Local swelling in a tissue area, especially skin, often due to injury.

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Jeremy had a knot on his head where he had bumped it on the bedframe.

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A protuberant joint in a plant.

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Any knob, lump, swelling, or protuberance.

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The swelling of the bulbus glandis in members of the dog family, Canidae

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The point on which the action of a story depends; the gist of a matter.

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the knot of the tale

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A node.

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A kind of epaulet; a shoulder knot.

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A group of people or things.

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A bond of union; a connection; a tie.

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A unit of speed, equal to one nautical mile per hour. (From the practice of counting the number of knots in the log-line (as it is paid out) in a standard time. Traditionally spaced at one every 1/120 of a mile.)

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Cedric claimed his old yacht could make 12 knots.

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A nautical mile

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The bulbus glandis

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In omegaverse fiction, a bulbus glandis-like structure on the penis of a male alpha, which ties him to an omega during intercourse.

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To form into a knot; to tie with a knot or knots.

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We knotted the ends of the rope to keep it from unravelling.

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To form wrinkles in the forehead, as a sign of concentration, concern, surprise, etc.

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She knotted her brow in concentration while attempting to unravel the tangled strands.

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To unite closely; to knit together.

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To entangle or perplex; to puzzle.

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To form knots.

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To knit knots for a fringe.

Gabriel untied the knot from the rope.

Dean waited, a knot forming in his stomach.

Dusty asked, a knot forming in his stomach.

Their hair is generally shaved, excepting a topknot; and when not shaved it gets into a matted, tangled mass, gathered into a knot behind or on the crown.

A'Ran's eyes didn't leave her as she tied her hair in a knot at the base of her neck.

The end of the first interval of this length (counting from the piece of bunting) is marked by a bit of leather, the second by a cord with two knots, the third by one with three knots, and so on; the middle of each of these lengths (half-knot) is also marked by a cord with one knot.

He felt dread knot in his stomach at the sign she wasn't going to give Rhyn yet another chance.

The last two episodes tied the knot off nicely!

A little patience will get you whipping out the double Windsor tie knot in no time.

The Gordian knot is cut, for philosophy and religion no longer touch each other but abide in separate realms.

Closely connected with the Khan-tengri knot are the Khalyk-tau on the east, and on the west three diverging lines of elevation, namely the Terskei Ala-tau or Kirghiz Ala-tau, overhanging the south shore of Issyk-kul; the Kokshal-tau, stretching away southwest as far as the Terez Mountains between Kashgar and Ferghana; and, intermediate between these two, the successive ranges of the Sary-jas, Kulu-tau, and Ak-shiryak.

Alexander the Great, according to the story, cut the knot by a stroke of his sword.

Is home to the knot from delta queen steamboat.

Finally, tie the suture with at least six throws in your knot.

A Corporal; his shoulder knot is of white worsted.

He had on a shabby cadet jacket, decorated with a soldier's cross, equally shabby cadet's riding breeches lined with worn leather, and an officer's saber with a sword knot.

No sooner did the apostle of Allah recited a verse than a knot loosened.

The knot to use to attach the backing to the reel spool is the arbor knot (see illustration).

He had a knot on his forehead, probably suffered in some roustabout skirmish.

The 15-foot high pillar 's sides are covered with high quality carved runes, vine scrolls, knot patterns, and sacred symbols.

To create curly styles, wind sections of hair around a scrunched up tissue and then knot the ends of the tissue together.

The short label says, An animation showing how to tie a square knot.

Prevailing winds there are 15-25 miles per hour from November through March, with 6 to 10 knot southeasterly breezes in summer months.

She 's probably the person I'll be looking for tomorrow to help me tie the damn knot in my stupid black tie.

Whichever gem is part of the jewelry, it adds a gorgeous splash of color to the intricate knot design.

Since it's the most common, let's start with the four-in-hand knot.

Just be sure not to tie a belt in a large knot - that will add bulk.

Loop the braids into the base of the wrap to create a knot.

Knot the string before and after your crane to keep it from sliding.

Choose some cotton material in different shades and patterns and cut it into seven-by-one inch strips with a pair of pinking shears, then tie them around the sandal straps with a square knot until the straps are completely full.

Placing all three lengths together, fold the bundle in half and tie a knot to form a loop about an inch below the fold.

Take a piece of raffia and tie it around the doll just above the knot you made in the raffia bundle.

The western range, the Cordillera Occidental, a part of the boundary between Bolivia and the northern provinces of Chile, closely follows the coast outline and forms the western rampart of the great Bolivian tableland or alta-planicie, which extends from the Vilcanota knot in Peru, south to the Serrania de Lipez on the Argentine frontier, is 500 m.

There is also a return current south of Manitoulin Island and a current, sometimes attaining a strength of half a knot, passes into Georgian bay through the main entrance.

The Tambo, which rises in the Vilcanota knot of mountains south of Cuzco, is a torrential stream valueless for commercial purposes.

It was only by revolutionary methods, which are in their essence and for a time as arbitrary as despotic methods, that the knot could be cut.

In the plain to the south-west were the King's Gardens, now under grass, with an octagonal turf-covered mound called the King's Knot in the centre.

Ormonde was forced to surrender Dublin to the Parliamentarians (July 1647), and the inextricable knot awaited Cromwell's sword.

But Brunhild is ill content; though she saw Siegfried do homage to Gunther at Isenstein she is not convinced, and believes that Siegfried should have been her husband; and on the bridal night she vents her ill humour on the hapless Gunther by tying him up in a knot and hanging him on the wall.

One morning she dreamed that Josh was standing over her, his brows in a knot above smoldering gray eyes.

Tie into both nuts with a re threaded fig 8 knot with a stopper knot.

The tide mill was acquired by Christ 's Hospital in 1576 by the terms of the will of Roger Knot.

I finish the leader with a loop tied with a surgeon 's knot to which I tie the tippet.

All of them are similar in that the goal is to untangle a knot.

To untie that knot, you can start with any meaning you like.

Thread the ends of the yarn through the jingle bells, using three or four bells per yarn end, and knot off the thread so the bells won't slide off the ends of the yarn.

Fill each section with fiberfill and then tie a knot to close off the ends.

Residents of the Lone Star State who are thinking of tying the knot may be wondering, "Is Texas a community property state?"

A 250 knot per square inch rug will be better quality and more expensive than a 100 knot per square inch rug.

Knot it in front and then finish off with a bow.