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knot - any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object |
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fastener,
fastening,
fixing,
holdfast restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place
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barrel knot,
blood knot a knot used for tying fishing leaders together; the ends of the two leaders are wrapped around each other two or three times
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bow,
bowknot a stroke with a curved piece of wood with taut horsehair strands that is used in playing stringed instruments
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carrick bend a knot used to connect the ends of two large ropes or hawsers
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clove hitch a knot used to fasten a line temporarily to a post or spar
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figure eight,
figure of eight a skating figure that carves an 8 in the ice
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fisherman's bend a knot for tying a line to a spar or ring
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fisherman's knot,
truelove knot,
true lover's knot a knot for tying the ends of two lines together
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gordian knot an intricate knot tied by Gordius, the king of Phrygia, and cut by the sword of Alexander the Great after he heard that whoever undid it would become ruler of Asia
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half hitch a knot used to fasten a rope temporarily to an object; usually tied double
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hawser bend a knot uniting the ends of two lines
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hitch the uneven manner of walking that results from an injured leg
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loop knot any of various knots used to make a fixed loop in a rope
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lover's knot,
lovers' knot,
love knot,
true lover's knot,
true lovers' knot a stylized or decorative knot used as an emblem of love
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overhand knot a simple small knot (often used as part of other knots)
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prolonge knot,
sailor's breastplate a knot in the rope used to drag a gun carriage
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sheepshank a knot for shortening a line
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slipknot a knot at the end of a cord or rope that can slip along the cord or rope around which it is made
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square knot a double knot made of two half hitches and used to join the ends of two cords
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stopper knot a knot that prevents a rope from passing through a hole
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surgeon's knot any of several knots used in tying stitches or ligatures
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turk's head an ornamental knot that resembles a small turban
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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" |
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gnarl |
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distorted shape,
distortion a shape resulting from distortion
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knot - a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere |
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greyback,
grayback |
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sandpiper any of numerous usually small wading birds having a slender bill and piping call; closely related to the plovers
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calidris,
genus calidris a genus of Scolopacidae
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knot - a hard cross-grained round piece of wood in a board where a branch emerged; "the saw buckled when it hit a knot" |
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wood a golf club with a long shaft used to hit long shots; originally made with a wooden head; "metal woods are now standard"
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board,
plank a flat piece of material designed for a special purpose; "he nailed boards across the windows"
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knot - 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" |
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bunch,
clump,
cluster,
clustering any collection in its entirety; "she bought the whole caboodle"
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| Verb |
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knot - make into knots; make knots out of; "She knotted her fingers" |
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create from raw material,
create from raw stuff make from scratch
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macrame make knotted patterns; "macrame a plant holder"
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knot - tie or fasten into a knot; "knot the shoelaces" |
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bind,
tie form a chemical bond with; "The hydrogen binds the oxygen"
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