1. an interlacement of the parts of one or more flexible bodies forming a lump or knob (as for fastening or tying together)
2. the lump or knob so formed
3. a tight constriction or the sense of constriction
my stomach was all in knots
4. something hard to solve problem
a matter full of legal knots
5. a bond of union especially the marriage bond
6. a protuberant lump or swelling in tissue
a knot in a gland
7. the base of a woody branch enclosed in the stem from which it arises also its section in lumber
8. a cluster of persons or things group
9. an ornamental bow of ribbon cockade
10. a division of the log's line serving to measure a ship's speed
11. one nautical mile per hour
12. one nautical mile —not used technically
13. a closed curve in three-dimensional space
14. to tie in or with a knot form knots in
15. to unite closely or intricately entangle
16. tie sense 4b
knotted the score
17. to form knots
18. either of two sandpipers (Calidris canutus and C. tenuirostris) that breed in the Arctic and winter in temperate or warm parts of the New and Old World
19. to tie a section of rope, string, fabric, etc., to itself or to something else so that a knot forms to make a knot in (something) also to connect (two or more parts or things) with a knot
20. to develop a painful or uncomfortable feeling of tightness
21. to make (the score of a game or contest) equal
22. a section of rope or string that has been tied together to form a lump or knob or to keep something secure
23. tangle entry 2 sense 1 Comb the knots out of your hair.
24. a painful or uncomfortable area in a body part
I had knots in my stomach.
25. a cluster of persons or things
Down the table, the … ladies drew into a knot, to confer.
— Richard Peck, A Year Down Yonder
26. the inner end of a woody branch enclosed in a plant stem or a section of this in sawed lumber
27. one nautical mile per hour (about two kilometers per hour)
28. to tie together in a way that cannot be easily untied I knotted my shoelaces.
29. to become tense or tight
My stomach knotted while I waited for the dentist.
30. an interlacing of the parts of one or more flexible bodies (as threads or sutures) in a lump to prevent their spontaneous separation — see surgeon's knot
31. a usually firm or hard lump, swelling, or protuberance (as in a muscle or on the surface of a bone) or process
a knot in a gland a bone with two or three knots