Knot

Quick meaning: Knot is a noun meaning A tangled clump of hair or similar.

Meaning

A tangled clump of hair or similar.

More Meanings

1. A maze-like pattern.
2. (mathematics) A non-self-intersecting closed curve in (e.g., three-dimensional) space that is an abstraction of a knot (in sense 1 above).
3. A difficult situation.
4. The whorl left in lumber by the base of a branch growing out of the tree's trunk.
5. Local swelling in a tissue area, especially skin, often due to injury.
6. A tightened and contracted part of a muscle that feels like a hard lump under the skin.
7. 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.

Example Sentences

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

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

A man shall be perplexed with knots, and problems of business, and contrary affairs.

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

Word Forms

• knots
• knotting
• knotted

Synonyms for knot

Depending on context, synonyms include bind, tie, knit, attach, join, put together.

Antonyms for knot

Common opposites include loosen, unbind, unknot, untie, unravel, untangle.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include slub, gnarl, tangle, ravel, grayback, burl.

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