The Collaborative International Dictionary
Knot \Knot\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Knotted; p. pr. & vb. n. Knotting.]
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To tie in or with, or form into, a knot or knots; to form a knot on, as a rope; to entangle. ``Knotted curls.''
--Drayton.As tight as I could knot the noose.
--Tennyson. To unite closely; to knit together.
--Bacon.To entangle or perplex; to puzzle. [Obs. or R.]
Wiktionary
n. (context chiefly mathematics English) The formation of a knot. vb. (present participle of knot English)
WordNet
n. a tight cluster of people or things; "a small knot of women listened to his sermon"
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 man's fists were two great gnarls"; "his stomach was in knots" [syn: gnarl]
a unit of length used in navigation; equivalent to the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude; 1,852 meters [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: grayback, Calidris canutus]
See knot
Usage examples of "knotting".
I devised a series of tests: knotting tug lines and putting bungy cords in tug lines to prove to George that Abe was a worthy puller.
He bit down on the rope and Kutch pulled it tight, knotting it at the back of the tree.
Lyons could feel his anger rising the more he dwelt on the situation, and meshing with his fatigue and hunger, the loathing became so strong he felt his musdes knotting with the cumulative tension.
I then wound my pugree round him, knotting it tight to keep everything from falling out again, and we set out on the seven-mile walk to our village, myself in front, carrying the two guns, while Har Singh walked behind.
At the moment, all he could make out was a mass of mud-covered soldiers scrambling, slipping, knotting ropes and shouting inaudibly to each other, and at least three wagons buried to their axles on what had once been the road but had since turned into a river of mud.
He gave a great plunge, and then I felt his muscles swelling and knotting under me, as he rose on his hind legs, and went backwards, with the scaur behind him.
When he was through, she pulled the fishline through the holes, knotting each one until the two tunics together formed a makeshift shelter over their heads and shoulders.
She pulled the loops of rawhide rope from the ring at her belt, the same ring which held the hook on the whip, and tied one end of the rope about my neck, knotting it tightly.
Before he could think to wonder, he focused on the mist rising from the soaked mudbank, rising and knotting in the shadows, dissolving in the air.
They surged into the front hall and grabbed their parkas from the coatrack and jostling and complaining at one another they arrayed themselves for the out-of-doors, slinging knapsacks over their backs, jamming gloves onto their hands, winding and knotting scarves.
Now, with wonderful skill, helped by the others, he set to work, and with sinews and strips of damp hide cut from the skins of reindeer, he lashed haft and blade together, knotting the ends of the strips again and again.
She held her hank of cords, but her fingers were knotting and unknotting them to settle her mind rather than with any considered purpose.
If anything, his apprehension increases, knotting his stomach as he ventures downstairs, past his own paintings and those of the students.
He came along the riverside path by the mill, he passed the ruined assart, the cords of his memory knotting into a momentary congestion of pain.
He changed the subject: 'These boomkin knottings, Jack: just where may they be?