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Results for: "knot"

Translating from English to Lithuanian

Translations:

knot — knot tied in rope
→ mazgas m
knot — nautical unit of speed
→ mazgas m

More translations:

knot
→ mazgas
knot
→ šaka
knot
→ būrelis
knot
→ sumegzti, surišti mazgu

English definitions WordNet

NOUN 7

  1. 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”
  2. any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object

  3. a hard cross-grained round piece of wood in a board where a branch emerged

    • “the saw buckled when it hit a knot”
Show 4 more meanings
  1. 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”
    Synonymsgnarl
  2. a unit of length used in navigation; exactly 1,852 meters; historically based on the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude

    Synonymsnautical milemileminaut miinternational nautical mileair mile
  3. soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or created by design

    Synonymsslubburl
  4. a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere

    SynonymsgreybackgraybackCalidris canutus

VERB 3

  1. make into knots; make knots out of

    • “She knotted her fingers”
  2. tie or fasten into a knot

    • “knot the shoelaces”
  3. tangle or complicate

    • “a ravelled story”
    Synonymsraveltangle