knot Meaning and Definition

1. n. a sandpiper that breeds in the arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere

2. n. any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object

3. n. soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or created by design

4. n. a tight cluster of people or things

5. n. a unit of length used in navigation; equivalent to the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude; 1,852 meters

6. n. something twisted and tight and swollen

7. n. a hard cross-grained round piece of wood in a board where a branch emerged

8. v. tie or fasten into a knot

9. v. tangle or complicate

10. v. make into knots; make knots out of