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S: (n) 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"

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

S: (n) 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)
S: (n) bow, bowknot (a knot with two loops and loose ends; used to tie shoelaces)
S: (n) carrick bend (a knot used to connect the ends of two large ropes or hawsers)
S: (n) clove hitch (a knot used to fasten a line temporarily to a post or spar)
S: (n) figure eight, figure of eight (a knot having the shape of the numeral 8; tied in a rope that has been passed through a hole or pulley and that prevents the rope from coming loose)
S: (n) fisherman's bend (a knot for tying a line to a spar or ring)
S: (n) fisherman's knot, true lover's knot, truelove knot (a knot for tying the ends of two lines together)
S: (n) 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)
S: (n) half hitch (a knot used to fasten a rope temporarily to an object; usually tied double)
S: (n) hawser bend (a knot uniting the ends of two lines)
S: (n) hitch (a knot that can be undone by pulling against the strain that holds it; a temporary knot)

S: (n) Blackwall hitch (a simple hitch used for temporarily attaching a line to a hook)
S: (n) cat's-paw (a hitch in the middle of rope that has two eyes into which tackle can be hooked)

S: (n) sheet bend, becket bend, weaver's knot, weaver's hitch (a hitch used for temporarily tying a rope to the middle of another rope (or to an eye))
S: (n) timber hitch (a hitch used to secure a rope to a log or spar; often supplemented by a half hitch)

S: (n) love knot, lovers' knot, lover's knot, true lovers' knot, true lover's knot (a stylized or decorative knot used as an emblem of love)

S: (n) overhand knot (a simple small knot (often used as part of other knots))
S: (n) prolonge knot, sailor's breastplate (a knot in the rope used to drag a gun carriage)
S: (n) sheepshank (a knot for shortening a line)
S: (n) slipknot (a knot at the end of a cord or rope that can slip along the cord or rope around which it is made)

S: (n) square knot (a double knot made of two half hitches and used to join the ends of two cords)

S: (n) granny knot, granny (a reef knot crossed the wrong way and therefore insecure)

S: (n) surgeon's knot (any of several knots used in tying stitches or ligatures)
S: (n) Turk's head (an ornamental knot that resembles a small turban)

S: (n) fastener, fastening, holdfast, fixing (restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place)

S: (n) restraint, constraint (a device that retards something's motion) "the car did not have proper restraints fitted"

S: (n) device (an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose) "the device is small enough to wear on your wrist"; "a device intended to conserve water"

S: (n) instrumentality, instrumentation (an artifact (or system of artifacts) that is instrumental in accomplishing some end)

S: (n) whole, unit (an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity) "how big is that part compared to the whole?"; "the team is a unit"

S: (n) object, physical object (a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow) "it was full of rackets, balls and other objects"

S: (n) entity (that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving))

S: (n) knot (a hard cross-grained round piece of wood in a board where a branch emerged) "the saw buckled when it hit a knot"
S: (n) knot ((of ships and wind) a unit of speed equal to one nautical mile per hour or about 1.15 statute miles per hour)
S: (n) knot, gnarl (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"
S: (n) slub, knot, burl (soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or created by design)
S: (n) knot, greyback, grayback, Calidris canutus (a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere)

S: (v) knot (make into knots; make knots out of) "She knotted her fingers"

S: (v) make, create (make or cause to be or to become) "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor"

W: (n) knot [Related to: 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"