• a sandpiper that breeds in the arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere
• any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object
• soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or created by design
• a tight cluster of people or things; "a small Knot of women listened to his sermon"
• a unit of length used in navigation; equivalent to the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude; 1,852 meters
• 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"
• a hard cross-grained round piece of wood in a board where a branch emerged; "the saw buckled when it hit a Knot"
• tie or fasten into a Knot; "Knot the shoelaces"
• tangle or complicate; "a ravelled story"
• make into Knots; make Knots out of; "She Knotted der fingers"

'Knot' in other languages