knot

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) enPR: nŏt, IPA(key): /nɒt/ (General American) enPR: nŏt, IPA(key): /nɑt/ Homophones: not; naught (cot–caught merger) Rhymes: -ɒt === Etymology 1 === From Middle English knotte, from Old English cnotta, from Proto-West Germanic *knottō, from Proto-Germanic *knuttô, *knudô (“knot”); probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gnod- (“to bind”). See also Old High German knoto (German Knoten, Dutch knot, Low German Knütte; also Old Norse knútr > Danish knude, Swedish knut, Norwegian knute, Faroese knútur, Icelandic hnútur; also Latin nōdus and its Romance descendants. Doublet of knout, node, and nodus. (unit of speed): From the practice of counting the number of knots in the logline (as it is paid out) in a standard time. Traditionally spaced at one every 1⁄120 of a mile. ==== Noun ==== knot (plural knots) 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. A tangled clump of hair or similar. A maze-like pattern. (mathematics) A non-self-intersecting closed curve in (e.g., three-dimensional) space that is an abstraction of a knot (in sense 1 above). A difficult situation. The whorl left in lumber by the base of a branch growing out of the tree's trunk. Local swelling in a tissue area, especially skin, often due to injury. A tightened and contracted part of a muscle that feels like a hard lump under the skin. A protuberant joint in a plant. Any knob, lump, swelling, or protuberance. The swelling of the bulbus glandis in members of the dog family, Canidae. The point on which the action of a story depends; the gist of a matter. (engineering) A node (point at which the lines of a funicular machine meet from different angular directions) A kind of epaulet; a shoulder knot. A group of people or things. 1968, Bryce Walton, Harpoon Gunner, Thomas Y. Crowell Company, NY, (1968), page 20, He pushed through knots of whalemen grouped with their families and friends, and surrounded by piles of luggage. A bond of union; a connection; a tie. (aviation, nautical) A unit of speed, equal to one nautical mile per hour. Synonyms: kn, kt (aviation) A unit of indicated airspeed, calibrated airspeed, or equivalent airspeed, which varies in its relation to the unit of speed so as to compensate for the effects of different ambient atmospheric conditions on aircraft performance. (nautical) A nautical mile. Synonym: nm (slang) The bulbus glandis. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ===== See also ===== (whorl in wood): shake ==== Verb ==== knot (third-person singular simple present knots, present participle knotting, simple past and past participle knotted) (transitive) To form into a knot; to tie with a knot or knots. (transitive) To form wrinkles in the forehead, as a sign of concentration, concern, surprise, etc. To unite closely; to knit together. (transitive, obsolete, rare) To entangle or perplex; to puzzle. (intransitive) To form knots. (intransitive) To knit knots for a fringe. ===== Synonyms ===== (form into a knot): bind, tie (form wrinkles in forehead): knit (unite closely): attach, join, put together; see also Thesaurus:join (entangle or perplex): baffle, flummox; see also Thesaurus:confuse ===== Antonyms ===== (antonym(s) of “form into a knot”): loosen, unbind, unknot, untie ===== Derived terms ===== knot off ===== Translations ===== ==== See also ==== === Etymology 2 === Supposed to be derived from the name of King Canute, with whom the bird was a favourite article of food. See the specific epithet canutus. ==== Noun ==== knot (plural knots or knot) One of a variety of shore birds; red-breasted sandpiper (variously Calidris canutus or Tringa canutus). ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== See also ==== Red Knot on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === Tkon, tonk, Tonk, -kont == Czech == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Czech knot, from Middle High German knote, knode. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈknot] === Noun === knot m inan (diminutive knůtek) a candle wick ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “knot”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957 “knot”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989 “knot”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026 == Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /knɔt/ === Etymology 1 === From Middle Dutch cnudde, Old Dutch *knotto, from Proto-Germanic *knuttan-, *knuttô. Related to knod, English knot, West Frisian knotte, Middle High German Knotze, German Knoten, Danish knude, Norwegian knute, Swedish knut, etc. ==== Noun ==== knot f or m (plural knotten, diminutive knotje n) a knot, bun (of hair), skein the top or crest (with messy branches) of certain woody plants, notably willows a flax seed box (dialect) a marble to play with a prank, joke ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== knotwilg === Etymology 2 === From the cognate English knot, possibly influenced by Vulgar Latin canutus (“grey-headed", "grizzled”). ==== Noun ==== knot f or m (plural knotten, diminutive knotje n) the bird species Calidris canutus (syn. Tringa canutis) ===== Synonyms ===== kanoetstrandloper m kanoetvogel m === Anagrams === kont == Indonesian == === Etymology === Internationalism, borrowed from English knot (“a unit of speed”, literally “a looping of a piece of string”), from Middle English knotte, from Old English cnotta, from Proto-West Germanic *knottō, from Proto-Germanic *knuttô, *knudô (“knot”); probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gnod- (“to bind”). === Noun === knot (plural knot-knot) knot: (aviation, nautical) a unit of speed, equal to one nautical mile per hour (aviation) a unit of indicated airspeed, calibrated airspeed, or equivalent airspeed, which varies in its relation to the unit of speed so as to compensate for the effects of different ambient atmospheric conditions on aircraft performance (nautical) a nautical mile === Further reading === “knot”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Middle English == === Noun === knot alternative form of knotte == Polish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Middle High German knotze. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɔt Syllabification: knot === Noun === knot m inan (diminutive knotek or knocik) wick (of a candle) ==== Declension ==== === Noun === knot m animal (Podegrodzie, humorous) synonym of dziecko Ty knocie! ― You brat! === Further reading === “knot”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[2] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN “knot”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[3] (in Polish) Karol Mátyás (1891), “knot”, in “Słowniczek gwary ludu zamieszkującego wschodnio-południową najbliższą okolicę Nowego Sącza”, in Sprawozdania Komisyi Językowej Akademii Umiejętności (in Polish), volume 4, Kraków: Drukarnia Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, page 323 == Scots == === Noun === knot (plural knots) a lump, a chunk (of something), a clump (of things) (figurative, humorous) a person's head affen the knot ― out of one's head; crazed a node or joint in a plant stem (archaic) a flower bed; a garden === Verb === knot (third-person singular simple present knots, present participle knottin, simple past and past participle knottit) to form lumps to congregate, to cluster == Swedish == === Noun === knot c synonym of knorrhane (“gurnard”) Synonym: gnoding ==== Declension ==== === Noun === knot n grumbling (complaining under one's breath) Synonym: knorr ==== Declension ==== === References === “knot”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “knot”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “knot”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) == Upper Sorbian == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Slavic *krъ̀tъ. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈknɔt/ Rhymes: -ɔt Hyphenation: knot Syllabification: knot === Noun === knot m animal mole, talpid (Talpidae) (derogatory) idiot ==== Declension ==== === References === “knot” in Soblex