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# knot

noun (a knot, knots); verb (knot, knots, knotted, knotting)

«knot» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A place where a piece of string, rope or ribbon is tied around itself or another piece. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/knot/#m1)
2. To tie a knot or to become tangled. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/knot/#m2)
3. A tangled lump in hair or thread. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/knot/#m3)
4. A hard, dark round spot in wood where a branch grew. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/knot/#m4)
5. A unit of speed for ships, boats, planes and wind: one nautical mile per hour. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/knot/#m5)
6. A tight, uncomfortable feeling (a knot in my stomach from nerves). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/knot/#m6)
7. A lightered knot is a piece of resin-rich wood that burns well and is used as a torch. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/knot/#m7)

### In the lessons

In everyday life: tying shoelaces, ropes, parcels and hair ties. In scouting and sailing safety, strong knots (reef knot, bowline) hold boats and climbers safely. In science and geography, wind and boat speeds are given in knots. In stories «a knot in my stomach» shows worry. Phrases: tie a knot, untie a knot, tie the knot (get married), in knots, knotted hair.

### Examples

- I tied a knot in my shoelace. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/knot/#x1)
- Can you help me undo this knot? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/knot/#x2)
- My hair is full of knots after the wind. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/knot/#x3)
- The sailor tied the boat with a strong knot. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/knot/#x4)
- The ship sailed at twenty knots. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/knot/#x5)
- I had a knot in my stomach before the test. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/knot/#x6)
- Wood with knots can be harder to cut. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/knot/#x7)
- Aunt Sarah and Tom are tying the knot next year. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/knot/#x8)
- ‘I should like nothing better,’ said the man, as he stooped to undo the big knot. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/knot/#x9)

### Note

Silent «k»: knot sounds like «not». Homophone trap: knot / not. Past: knotted (double «t»). A knot as a speed is about 1.85 km/h, a bit faster than 1 mile per hour.

## In Jewish tradition

Here it means a hard puzzle or riddle, as in Daniel, where "loosing knots" means solving hard problems. In the primary lessons: In everyday life: tying shoelaces, ropes, parcels and hair ties. In scouting and sailing safety, strong knots (reef knot, bowline) hold boats and climbers safely. In science and geography, wind and boat speeds are given in knots. In stories «a knot in my stomach» shows worry. Phrases: tie a knot, untie a knot, tie the knot (get married), in knots, knotted hair.

### Examples

- forasmuch as a surpassing spirit, and knowledge, and understanding, interpreting of dreams, and declaring of riddles, and loosing of knots, were found in the same Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar. (Writings DAN.5.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/K/knot/#x1)

### Note

Silent «k»: knot sounds like «not». Homophone trap: knot / not. Past: knotted (double «t»). A knot as a speed is about 1.85 km/h, a bit faster than 1 mile per hour.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «knot» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/knot/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«knot» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/knot.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «knot» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/K/knot/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«knot» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/knot.html) on Mova free.