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src: wikipedia
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- 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
- knot :make into knots; make knots out of
- knot :tie or fasten into a knot
- knot :a hard cross-grained round piece of wood in a board where a branch emerged
- the saw buckled when it hit a knot
- knot :tangle or complicate
- knot :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
- knot :any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object
- knot :(of ships and wind) a unit of speed equal to one nautical mile per hour or about 1.15 statute miles per hour