knot
What is the Definition of knot?
Noun:
- a tight cluster of people or things
- any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord)
- a hard cross-grained round piece of wood in a board where a branch emerged
- (of ships and wind)
- something twisted and tight and swollen
- soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or created by design
- a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere
Verb:
How can I use knot in a sentence?
Ah, shut up, Dursley, yeh great prune, said the giant; he reached over the back of the sofa, jerked the gun out of Uncle Vernon's hands, bent it into a knot as easily as if it had been made of rubber, and threw it into a corner of the room.
He tied the rope into a tight knot to secure the load. - Он завязал веревку в тугой узел, чтобы закрепить груз.
The knot he undid earlier kept coming loose again. - Узел, который он ранее развязал, снова постоянно ослаблялся.
Tie the rope into a knot. - Завяжи верёвку узлом.
Can you undo the knot? - Можешь развязать узел?