1. (noun) knot
a tight cluster of people or things
"a small knot of women listened to his sermon"; "the bird had a knot of feathers forming a crest"
2. (noun) knot
any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object
3. (noun) knot
a hard cross-grained round piece of wood in a board where a branch emerged
"the saw buckled when it hit a knot"
4. (noun) knot, gnarl
something twisted and tight and swollen
"their muscles stood out in knots"; "the old man's fists were two great gnarls"; "his stomach was in knots"
5. (noun) nautical mile, mile, mi, naut mi, knot, international nautical mile, air mile
a unit of length used in navigation; exactly 1,852 meters; historically based on the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude
6. (noun) slub, knot, burl
soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or created by design
7. (verb) knot, greyback, grayback, Calidris canutus
a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere
8. (verb) knot
make into knots; make knots out of
"She knotted her fingers"
9. (verb) knot
tie or fasten into a knot
"knot the shoelaces"
10. (verb) ravel, tangle, knot
tangle or complicate
"a ravelled story"
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Definition of 'knot' 
