Quick definitions from WordNet (knot)
▸ noun: a sandpiper that breeds in the arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere
▸ noun: any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object
▸ noun: a tight cluster of people or things ("A small knot of women listened to his sermon")
▸ noun: something twisted and tight and swollen ("Their muscles stood out in knots")
▸ noun: a hard cross-grained round piece of wood in a board where a branch emerged ("The saw buckled when it hit a knot")
▸ noun: soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or created by design
▸ noun: a unit of length used in navigation; equivalent to the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude; 1,852 meters
▸ verb: tie or fasten into a knot ("Knot the shoelaces")
▸ verb: make into knots; make knots out of ("She knotted der fingers")
▸ verb: tangle or complicate
▸ Also see knot
▸ noun: a sandpiper that breeds in the arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere
▸ noun: any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object
▸ noun: a tight cluster of people or things ("A small knot of women listened to his sermon")
▸ noun: something twisted and tight and swollen ("Their muscles stood out in knots")
▸ noun: a hard cross-grained round piece of wood in a board where a branch emerged ("The saw buckled when it hit a knot")
▸ noun: soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or created by design
▸ noun: a unit of length used in navigation; equivalent to the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude; 1,852 meters
▸ verb: tie or fasten into a knot ("Knot the shoelaces")
▸ verb: make into knots; make knots out of ("She knotted der fingers")
▸ verb: tangle or complicate
▸ Also see knot