Definition: 1. A join made by tying together two pieces or ends of string, rope, etc. 2. A tight cluster of people or things. 3. Something twisted and tight and swollen.
Use 'knot' in a sentence:
1. Len tied the knot with Kate five years ago.
2. He tried to undo the knot by picking at it with his fingers.
3. I felt my stomach knot with apprehension.
4. I also recognized the body, the head with the hair gathered in an unfamiliar knot, the neck, the broad back, and the strong arms.
5. This wire is too stiff to knot easily.
6. Imagine a thick piece of rope with a knot in it.
7. My favorite is all the planks with the knot holes.
8. Pull the elastic tight and knot the ends.
9. We call it –knot it , Mr. Henderson .
10. The old dread knotted her stomach.
11. His clumsy fingers couldn't untie the knot.
12. Firstly, just as the name implies, Fengming Lake is a very vast lake, which is designed artistically with the meaning and shape of "The Chinese Knot".
13. She had her hair in a knot.
14. Travelling at speeds of up to thirty five knots, these hovercraft can easily outpace most boats.
15. He could unravel a knot that others wouldn't even attempt.
16. She wore a checked shirt tied in a knot above the navel.
17. She sails beautifully in winds over 60 knots.
18. He gauged the wind at over thirty knots.
19. A knot of black and white cars obstructed the intersection.
20. She grabbed her hair in both hands and swept it back, tying it in a loose knot.
21. She tied a knot in her scarf.
22. A little knot of men stood clapping.
23. They travel at speeds of up to 30 knots.
24. She tied a pretty knot at the end of her pigtails.
25. Pretzel is indeed thought to come from a German word "bretzel" described as a kind of thin bread roll twisted into a knot and salted before baking.
26. Our speed over the ground was a miserable 2.2 knots.
27. See example 2 at Cut The Knot.
28. I tied a knot in the rope.
29. One lace had broken and been tied in a knot.
30. A bluish ribbon of light stretching from left to right across the picture might be a knot of gas ejected by the supernova.
31. He was good with his hands and could unravel a knot or untangle yarn that others wouldn't even attempt.
32. Bretzel described as referring to a kind of thin bread roll twisted into a knot and salted before baking.
33. I think they'll be tying the knot soon.
34. He took a short length of rope and swiftly tied a slip knot.
35. His stomach was in knots.
36. My stomach was in knots.
37. She twisted her hair into a tight knot.
38. There was a knot of tension in his stomach.
39. He began to worry at the knot in the cord.
40. Her long fair hair was knotted and straggly.
41. The press agent tied himself in knots trying to apologise.
42. He bore no badge of mourning but a knot of purple ribbon on his shoulder.
43. She tied a knot in a cherry stem.
44. Can you help me tie a knot on the back of my dress?
45. The knot was fastened in such a way that it was impossible to undo.
46. He knotted the laces securely together.
47. A ship's speed is measured in knots.
48. He knotted the bandanna around his neck.
49. He carefully knotted his tie.
50. Tie the two ropes together with a knot.
51. She felt her stomach knot with fear.
52. I could feel a knot of fear in my throat.
53. She wore her hair loosely knotted on top of her head.
