knot

knot
not 1. noun
1) (a lump or join made in string, rope etc by twisting the ends together and drawing tight the loops formed: She fastened the string round the parcel, tying it with a knot.) knute
2) (a lump in wood at the join between a branch and the trunk: This wood is full of knots.) kvist
3) (a group or gathering: a small knot of people) klynge, liten gruppe
4) (a measure of speed for ships (about 1.85 km per hour).) knop
2. verb
(to tie in a knot: He knotted the rope around the post.) knytte, knyte i knute
klynge
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knop
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knute
I
subst. \/nɒt\/
forklaring: en av flere fuglearter i slekten Calidris, særlig arten polarsnipe, Calidris canutus
II
subst. \/nɒt\/
1) knute, stikk, knop
• hard knot
hard knute
• tie a rope in a firm knot
knyte en stram knute på et tau
2) floke
3) sløyfe, dusk, kokarde, rosett
4) (anatomi) muskelknute
5) (overført) vanskelighet, problem, floke
6) (drama) intrige
7) (i fortelling, i problemstilling e.l.) sentralt punkt, skjæringspunkt
8) knoll, utvekst, kvist
9) (på stamme) leddknute, ledd, kne
10) (botanikk) knopp
11) klynge, gruppe
• people were standing about in knots
folk hadde samlet seg i klynger
12) (sjøfart) knop
• do 20 knots
gjøre 20 knop
the Gordian knot den gordiske knute
the knot ekteskapets bånd
tie oneself up in knots eller get into knots vikle seg inn, tulle seg bort
untie a knot løsne en knute
III
verb \/nɒt\/
1) binde, knytte, knyte, slå knute på
• knot a parcel firmly
binde en pakke stramt
2) lage floke i
3) (om panne eller øyebryn) rynke, trekke sammen
4) (overført) knytte sammen, forene
5) (overført) innvikle, floke til
6) stimle sammen
7) danne knoller, knuter, utvekster i
8) (håndarbeid) lage knuter til frynser, lage frynser
knot together knytte sammen

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  • Knot — Knot, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Knotted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Knotting}.] 1. To tie in or with, or form into, a knot or knots; to form a knot on, as a rope; to entangle. Knotted curls. Drayton. [1913 Webster] As tight as I could knot the noose. Tennyson …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • knot|ty — «NOT ee», adjective, ti|er, ti|est. 1. full of knots: »knotty wood. ... the knotty side of an old Pollarel tree (Keats). A modern kitchen with knotty pine cabinets and exhaust fans (New York Times). SYNONYM(S): gnarled …   Useful english dictionary

  • knot — knot. См. узел. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …   Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

  • Knot — (Kanutsvogel), so v.w. Strandläufer …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

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