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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.
  • (of hair, etc) A tangled clump.
  • (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 difficult situation.
  • The whorl left in lumber by the base of a branch growing out of the tree's trunk.
  • (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.
 nó
  • A maze-like pattern.
 emaranhado
  • Local swelling in a tissue area, especially skin, often due to injury.
 galo, nó

knot verb

  /nɑt/ , /nɒt/
  • (transitive) To form into a knot; to tie with a knot or knots.
 dar um nó, fazer um nó
  • (transitive) To form wrinkles in the forehead, as a sign of concentration, concern, surprise, etc.
 franzir

knot noun

  /nɑt/ , /nɒt/
  • One of a variety of shore birds; red-breasted sandpiper (variously Calidris canutus or Tringa canutus).
 seixoeira
Gordian knot
nó górdio
knot theory
teoria dos nós
reef knot
nó direito
seek a knot in a bulrush
procurar chifre em cabeça de cavalo
sword knot
dragoa
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