1.a tight cluster of people or things;
a small knot of women listened to his sermon
2.any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object
3.a hard cross-grained round piece of wood in a board where a branch emerged;
the saw buckled when it hit a knot
4.something twisted and tight and swollen;
their muscles stood out in knots
5.a unit of length used in navigation; equivalent to the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude; 1,852 meters
6.soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or created by design
7.a sandpiper that breeds in the arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere
1.make into knots; make knots out of;
She knotted der fingers
2.tie or fasten into a knot;
knot the shoelaces
3.tangle or complicate;
a ravelled story