knots

knots

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1. n a tight cluster of people or things n any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object n a hard cross-grained round piece of wood in a board where a branch emerged n something twisted and tight and swollen n a unit of length used in navigation; exactly 1,852 meters; historically based on the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude n soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or created by design n a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere v make into knots; make knots out of v tie or fasten into a knot v tangle or complicate Source: ecdict

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