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Words with a similar base: knot

'knot'

[knot.n.01] as in: a tight cluster of people or things

Examples:
a small knot of women listened to his sermon
the bird had a knot of feathers forming a crest

'knot'

[knot.n.02] as in: any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object

'knot'

[knot.n.03] as in: a hard cross-grained round piece of wood in a board where a branch emerged

Examples:
the saw buckled when it hit a knot

'knot'

[knot.n.04] as in: something twisted and tight and swollen

Examples:
their muscles stood out in knots
the old man's fists were two great gnarls
his stomach was in knots

'knot'

[nautical_mile.n.02] as in: a unit of length used in navigation; exactly 1,852 meters; historically based on the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude

'knot'

[slub.n.01] as in: soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or created by design

'knot'

[knot.n.07] as in: a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere

'knot'

[knot.v.01] as in: make into knots; make knots out of

Examples:
She knotted her fingers

'knot'

[knot.v.02] as in: tie or fasten into a knot

Examples:
knot the shoelaces

'knot'

[ravel.v.02] as in: tangle or complicate

Examples:
a ravelled story