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knot noun

  /nɑt/ , /nɒt/
  • A looping of a piece of string or of any other long, flexible material that cannot be untangled without passing one or both ends of the material through its loops.
  • (mathematics) A non-self-intersecting closed curve in (e.g., three-dimensional) space that is an abstraction of a knot (in sense 1 above).
  • A protuberant joint in a plant.
  • (aviation) A unit of indicated airspeed, calibrated airspeed, or equivalent airspeed, which varies in its relation to the unit of speed so as to compensate for the effects of different ambient atmospheric conditions on aircraft performance.
 Knoten
  • (of hair, etc) A tangled clump.
 Knoten, Filz, Fitz
  • The whorl left in lumber by the base of a branch growing out of the tree's trunk.
 Ast, Knoten
  • Local swelling in a tissue area, especially skin, often due to injury.
 Beule
  • A difficult situation.
 Bredouille, Verlegenheit
  • A maze-like pattern.
 Fitz, Gewirr, Knäuel

knot verb

  /nɑt/ , /nɒt/
  • (transitive) To form into a knot; to tie with a knot or knots.
 knoten

knot noun

  /nɑt/ , /nɒt/
  • One of a variety of shore birds; red-breasted sandpiper (variously Calidris canutus or Tringa canutus).
 Knutt, Knuttstrandläufer
red knot
Knutt, Knuttstrandläufer
slip knot
Laufknoten, Schlinge, Schlippstek
sword knot
Portepee
knot garden
Irrgarten
fisherman's knot
Spierenstich
Gordian knot
Gordischer Knoten
reef knot
Kreuzknoten
knot theory
Knotentheorie
overhand knot
Überhandknoten, Kreuzschlag

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knoten verb

knote, knotete, habe geknotet   /ˈknoːtn̩/
  • zu einem Knoten schlingen
 knot
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