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How to pronounce knots
IPA transcription: ['nɑts]
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Noun
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a unit of length used in navigation; exactly 1,852 meters; historically based on the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude
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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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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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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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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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soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or created by design
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a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere
Verb
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make into knots; make knots out of
“She knotted her fingers”
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tie or fasten into a knot
“knot the shoelaces”
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tangle or complicate
“a ravelled story”
Usage examples
- We are travelling at fifteen knots.
- British cadet under officers wear Austrian knots as part of their rank insignia.
- Another way is to drop ropes full of knots.
- Structural studies find this planetary exhibits knots characterized by well developed symmetry.
- The knots had been cunningly tied.
- The knots had been cunningly tied.
- However, the resulting rope is cumbersome and difficult to tie knots in.
- Knots with symmetries are known to have restricted Alexander polynomials.
- Elsewhere", "Knots Landing" and "John from Cincinnati".
- Viktor Vassiliev and Mikhail Goussarov started the theory of finite type invariants of knots.