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noun | verb knotknot1 /nɑt/ ●●● S3 noun [countable] ETYMOLOGYknot1Origin: Old English cnotta ► tie a knot Next, tie a knot with the two threads. ► get ... knot undone I can’t get this knot undone (=untie it). ► in knots My stomach was in knots before I got the results. ► a knot in her stomach Tara felt a knot in her stomach as she waited to go on stage. 1 TIED STRING a place where two ends or pieces of rope, string, etc. have been tied together: knot in There’s a knot in my shoelace. Next, tie a knot with the two threads. I can’t get this knot undone (=untie it).2TWISTED HAIR/THREADS many hairs, threads, etc. that are accidentally twisted together: I can’t get the knots out of my hair.3HAIR STYLE a way of arranging your hair into a tight round shape at the back of your head4WOOD a hard round place in a piece of wood where a branch once joined the tree5STOMACH a tight uncomfortable feeling in your stomach, etc., caused by a strong emotion such as fear or anger: My stomach was in knots before I got the results. Tara felt a knot in her stomach as she waited to go on stage.6MUSCLE a tight painful place in a muscle: knot in a knot in my shoulder muscle7SHIP'S SPEED a measure of speed used for ships and aircraft that is about 1853 meters per hour8PEOPLE a small group of people standing close together: knot of A knot of reporters stood to one side of the entrance.9SWOLLEN SKIN an area of skin that is swollen because you have hit it on something: He had a knot on his forehead.[Origin: Old English cnotta] → see also Gordian knot, tie the knot at tie1 (5), tie yourself (up) in knots at tie1 (6) noun | verb knotknot2 verb (knotted, knotting) VERB TABLEknot |
Present | I, you, we, they | knot | | he, she, it | knots | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | knotted | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have knotted | | he, she, it | has knotted | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had knotted | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will knot | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have knotted |
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Present | I | am knotting | | he, she, it | is knotting | | you, we, they | are knotting | Past | I, he, she, it | was knotting | | you, we, they | were knotting | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been knotting | | he, she, it | has been knotting | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been knotting | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be knotting | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been knotting |
1[transitive] to tie together two ends of rope, cloth, string, etc.2[intransitive] if hair or threads knot, they become twisted together3[intransitive, transitive] if a muscle or other part of your body knots or is knotted, it feels hard and uncomfortable: Fear and anxiety knotted her stomach. |