knot

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English

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A knot.
A mathematical knot.

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Etymology 1

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FromMiddle Englishknotte,fromOld Englishcnotta,fromProto-West Germanic*knottō,fromProto-Germanic*knuttô,*knudô(“knot”);probably ultimately fromProto-Indo-European*gnod-(“to bind”).

See alsoOld High Germanknoto(GermanKnoten,Dutchknot,Low GermanKnütte;alsoOld Norseknútr>Danishknude,Swedishknut,Norwegianknute,Faroeseknútur,Icelandichnútur;alsoLatinnōdusand its Romance descendants.Doubletofknout,node,andnodus.

  • (unit of speed):From the practice of counting the number of knots in the log-line (as it is paid out) in a standard time. Traditionally spaced at one every1⁄120of a mile.

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knot(pluralknots)

  1. Aloopingof 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.
    Climbers must make sure that allknotsare both secure and of types that will not weaken the rope.
    • 1911,James George Frazer,chapter V, inTaboo and the Perils of the Soul(The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion; II), third edition, London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, page310:
      The obstructive tendency attributed to theknotin spiritual matters appears in a Swiss superstition that if, in sewing a corpse into its shroud, you make aknoton the thread, it will hinder the soul of the deceased on its passage to eternity.
  2. (of hair,etc)Atangledclump.
    The nurse was brushingknotsfrom the protesting child's hair.
  3. Amaze-like pattern.
    • 1667,John Milton,“Book IV”, inParadise Lost.[…],London:[…][Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker[…];[a]nd by Robert Boulter[…];[a]nd Matthias Walker,[…],→OCLC;republished asParadise Lost in Ten Books:[…],London: Basil Montagu Pickering[…],1873,→OCLC:
      Flowers worthy of paradise, which, not nice art / In beds and curiousknots,but nature boon / Poured forth profuse on hill, and dale, and plain.
  4. (mathematics)A non-self-intersectingclosedcurvein (e.g.,three-dimensional)spacethat is an abstraction of a knot (in sense 1 above).
    Aknotcan be defined as a non-self-intersecting broken line whose endpoints coincide: when such a knot is constrained to lie in a plane, then it is simply a polygon.
  5. A difficult situation.
    I got into aknotwhen I inadvertently insulted a policeman.
    • 1664,Robert South,A Sermon Preached Before the University at Christ-Church, Oxon:
      A man shall be perplexed withknots,and problems of business, and contrary affairs.
  6. Thewhorlleft inlumberby the base of abranchgrowing out of the tree'strunk.
    When preparing to tell stories at a campfire, I like to set aside a pile of pine logs with lots ofknots,since they burn brighter and make dramatic pops and cracks.
  7. Localswellingin a tissue area, especially skin, often due toinjury.
    Jeremy had aknoton his head where he had bumped it on the bedframe.
  8. Atightenedandcontractedpart of amusclethat feels like a hardlumpunder the skin.
  9. Aprotuberantjointin aplant.
  10. Anyknob,lump,swelling,orprotuberance.
  11. The swelling of thebulbus glandisin members of the dog family,Canidae.
  12. The point on which the action of a story depends; thegistof a matter.
    theknotof the tale
  13. (engineering)Anode(point at which the lines of a funicular machine meet from different angular directions)
  14. A kind ofepaulet;ashoulder knot.
  15. A group of people or things.
    • c.1593(date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third:[…]”,inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies[…](First Folio), London:[…]Isaac Iaggard,andEd[ward]Blount,published1623,→OCLC,[Act III, scene i]:
      his ancientknotof dangerous adversarie
    • 1822,[Walter Scott],Peveril of the Peak.[…],volume(please specify |volume=I to IV),Edinburgh:[…]Archibald Constable and Co.;London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co.,→OCLC:
      As they sat together in small, separateknots,they discussed doctrinal and metaphysical points of belief.
    • 1859,Henry David Thoreau,A Plea for Captain John Brown‎[1]:
      When, for instance, he saw aknotof the ruffians on the prairie, discussing, of course, the single topic which then occupied their minds, he would, perhaps, take his compass and one of his sons, and proceed to run an imaginary line right through the very spot on which that conclave had assembled, and when he came up to them, he would naturally pause and have some talk with them, learning their news, and, at last, all their plans perfectly; and having thus completed his real survey he would resume his imaginary one, and run on his line till he was out of sight.
    • 1962,James Baldwin,Another Country,New York, N. Y.:The Dial Press,published1963January,page 4:
      At corners, under the lights, near drugstores, smallknotsof white, bright, chattering people showed teeth to each other, pawed each other, whistled for taxis, were whirled away in them, vanished through the doors of drugstores or into the blackness of side streets.
    • 1968,Bryce Walton,Harpoon Gunner,Thomas Y. Crowell Company, NY, (1968), page 20,
      He pushed throughknotsof whalemen grouped with their families and friends, and surrounded by piles of luggage.
  16. A bond of union; a connection; a tie.
    • c.1591–1592(date written),William Shakespeare,“The Third Part of Henry the Sixt,[…]”,inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies[…](First Folio), London:[…]Isaac Iaggard,andEd[ward]Blount,published1623,→OCLC,[Act III, scene iii]:
      [I come] to crave a league of amity,
      And lastly, to confirm that amity
      With nuptialknot[…]
    • 1646,Joseph Hall,The Balm of Gilead:
      [I]t were very fit,[…]to observe carefully this previous betrothing of ourselves, ere we knit theknotthat can never be loosed.
    • 1795,Joseph Addison,“An Essay on Card-playing”, inInteresting Anecdotes, Memoirs, Allegories, Essays, and Poetical Fragments; Tending to Amuse the Fancy, and Inculcate Morality,page67:
      Indeed I would advise every ſingle lady, if poſſible, to attend her inamorato, pretty frequently at the card table;[…]if he is haſty or pettiſh with any one else in company, she may depend on the ſame fate when once theknotis tied.
  17. (aviation,nautical)A unit ofspeed,equal to onenautical mileperhour.
    Synonyms:kn,kt
    Cedric claimed his old yacht could make 12knots.
  18. (aviation)A unit ofindicated airspeed,calibrated airspeed,orequivalent airspeed,which varies in its relation to the unit of speed so as tocompensatefor the effects ofdifferentambientatmosphericconditionson aircraftperformance.
    In the early stages of reentry, due to the extremely-rarefied air at these altitudes, the space shuttle flew at only one to a fewknotsequivalent airspeed, even when its actual speed was many thousands of knots.
  19. (nautical)Anautical mile.
    Synonym:nm
  20. (slang)Thebulbus glandis.
  21. (fandomslang)Inomegaversefiction,abulbus glandis-like structure on thepenisof amalealpha,which ties him to anomegaduringintercourse.
    • 2014July 18, Mark Shrayber, “'Knotting' Is the Weird Fanfic Sex Trend That Cannot Be Unseen”,inJezebel:
      Since theknotwon't release until the alpha has finished and can't be controlled by either party, the sex has to go on until it's done.
    • 2017,Taylor Boulware, "Fascination/Frustration: Slash Fandom, Genre, and Queer Uptake", dissertation submitted to the University of Washington,page 155:
      The pair cannot separate until theknothas subsided – anywhere from twenty minutes to hours, depending on the fic.
    • 2017,Marianne Gunderson, "What is an omega? Rewriting sex and gender in omegaverse fanfiction", thesis submitted to the University of Oslo,page 89:
      When John bites down on Sherlock's neck as hisknotlocks them together, the act which would otherwise be a tool for domination only reinforces the existing emotional bonds they have for each other.
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knot(third-person singular simple presentknots,present participleknotting,simple past and past participleknotted)

  1. (transitive)Toforminto a knot; totiewith a knot or knots.
    Weknottedthe ends of the rope to keep it from unravelling.
    • 1833(date written),Alfred Tennyson,“St. Simeon Stylites”,inPoems.[…],volume II, London:Edward Moxon,[…],published1842,→OCLC,page56:
      For many weeks about my loins I wore / The rope that haled the buckets from the well, / Twisted as tight as I couldknotthe noose, / And spake not of it to a single soul, / And spake not of it to a single soul, / Until the ulcer, eating through my skin, / Betray'd my secret penance, so that all / My brethren marvell'd greatly.
  2. (transitive)To formwrinklesin theforehead,as a sign ofconcentration,concern,surprise,etc.
    Sheknottedher brow in concentration while attempting to unravel the tangled strands.
  3. To unite closely; to knit together.
    • a.1627(date written),Francis [Bacon],“Considerations Touching a VVarre vvith Spaine.[…]”,inWilliam Rawley,editor,Certaine Miscellany VVorks of the Right Honourable Francis Lo. Verulam, Viscount S. Alban.[…],London:[…]I. Hauiland forHumphrey Robinson,[…],published1629,→OCLC:
      The party of the papists in England are become moreknotted,both in dependence towards Spain, and amongst themselves.
  4. (transitive,obsolete,rare)To entangle or perplex; to puzzle.
  5. (intransitive)To form knots.
  6. (intransitive)Toknitknots for afringe.
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Etymology 2

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Supposed to be derived from the name ofKing Canute,with whom the bird was a favourite article of food. See thespecific epithetcanutus.

A knot (Calidris canutus)

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knot(pluralknotsorknot)

  1. One of a variety ofshorebirds;red-breasted sandpiper(variouslyCalidris canutusorTringa canutus).
    • c.1610,Ben Jonson,The Alchemist:
      My foot-boy shall eat pheasants, calvered salmons, /Knots,godwits, lampreys: I myself will have / The beards of barbels, served instead of salads[…]
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Czech

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Noun

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knotminan

  1. acandlewick

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Declension ofknot(hard masculine inanimate)
singular plural
nominative knot knoty
genitive knotu knotů
dative knotu knotům
accusative knot knoty
vocative knote knoty
locative knotu,knotě knotech
instrumental knotem knoty

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  • “knot”,inPříruční slovník jazyka českého(in Czech),1935–1957
  • “knot”,inSlovník spisovného jazyka českého(in Czech),1960–1971, 1989

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Etymology 1

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FromMiddle Dutchcnudde,Old Dutch*knotto,fromProto-Germanic*knuttan-,*knuttô.

Related toknod,Englishknot,West Frisianknotte,Middle High GermanKnotze,GermanKnoten,Danishknude,Norwegianknute,Swedishknut,etc.

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knotform(pluralknotten,diminutiveknotjen)

  1. aknot,bun(of hair),skein
  2. thetoporcrest(with messy branches) of certain woody plants, notablywillows
  3. aflaxseed box
  4. (dialect)amarbleto play with
  5. aprank,joke
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Etymology 2

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From the cognate Englishknot,possibly influenced byVulgar Latincanutus(“grey-headed "," grizzled”).

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knotform(pluralknotten,diminutiveknotjen)

  1. the bird speciesCalidris canutus(syn.Tringa canutis)
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Middle English

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knot

  1. Alternative form ofknotte

Polish

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Etymology

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BorrowedfromMiddle High Germanknotze.

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knotminan(diminutiveknotekorknocik)

  1. wick(of a candle)

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Declension ofknot
singular plural
nominative knot knoty
genitive knota knotów
dative knotowi knotom
accusative knot knoty
instrumental knotem knotami
locative knocie knotach
vocative knocie knoty

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  • knotinWielki słownik języka polskiego,Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • knotin Polish dictionaries at PWN

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knotc

  1. Synonym ofknorrhane(“gurnard”)
    Synonym:gnoding

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Declension ofknot
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative knot knoten knotar knotarna
Genitive knots knotens knotars knotarnas

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knotn

  1. grumbling(complaining under one's breath)
    Synonym:knorr

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Declension ofknot
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative knot knotet — —
Genitive knots knotets — —

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Upper Sorbian

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InheritedfromProto-Slavic*krъ̀tъ.

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  • IPA(key):/ˈknɔt/
  • Rhymes:-ɔt
  • Hyphenation:knot
  • Syllabification:knot

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knotmanimal

  1. mole,talpid(Talpidae)
  2. (derogatory)idiot

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Declension ofknot(masculine hard stem)
singular dual plural
nominative knot knotaj knoty
genitive knota knotow knotow
dative knotej knotomaj knotam
accusative knota knotaj knoty
instrumental knotom knotomaj knotami
locative knoće knotomaj knotach
vocative knoto,knoće knotaj knoty

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