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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).
  • (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.
у́зел, узел
  • A maze-like pattern.
завито́к, у́зел
  • A tangled clump of hair or similar.
клубо́к, колту́н
  • A difficult situation.
клубо́к, у́зел
  • The whorl left in lumber by the base of a branch growing out of the tree's trunk.
сук, сучо́к
  • Local swelling in a tissue area, especially skin, often due to injury.
ши́шка

knot verb

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