adj
Meaning 1
Gnarled, knotty, twisted.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
gnarl
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noun
Meaning 2
A knot in wood; a knurl or a protuberance with twisted grain, on a tree.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
Something resembling a knot in wood, such as in stone or limbs.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
Meaning 4
To knot or twist something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 5
To snarl or growl; to gnar.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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noun
Meaning 6
something twisted and tight and swollen
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- their muscles stood out in knots
- the old man's fists were two great gnarls
- his stomach was in knots
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: knot
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: distorted shape, distortion
verb
Meaning 7
make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- she grumbles when she feels overworked
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: murmur, mutter, grumble, croak
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: complain, kick, plain, sound off, quetch, kvetch
verb
Meaning 8
twist into a state of deformity
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The wind has gnarled this old tree
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: flex, bend, deform, twist, turn
History
Etymology
Back-formation from gnarled.
Onomatopoeic.
Across languages
Translations
27 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: чеп (čep) — knot in wood
- Bulgarian: чвор (čvor) — knot in wood
- Dutch: knoest — knot in wood
- Finnish: pahka — knot in wood
- French: noeud — knot in wood
- Galician: nó — knot in wood
- German: Knorren — knot in wood
- Greek: όζος (ózos) — knot in wood
- Greek: ρόζος (rózos) — knot in wood
- Italian: nodo (di albero) — knot in wood
- Polish: sęk — knot in wood
- Russian: сучо́к (sučók) — knot in wood
- Spanish: nudo — knot in wood
- Thai: ตาไม้ (dtaa-máai) — knot in wood
- Turkish: budak — knot in wood
- Ottoman Turkish: بوداق (budak) — knot in wood
- Finnish: pahkura — something resembling a knot in wood
- Finnish: kyhmy — something resembling a knot in wood
- Spanish: nudo — something resembling a knot in wood
- Finnish: väännellä — to knot or twist
- Finnish: murjoa — to knot or twist
- Spanish: anudar — to knot or twist
- Spanish: enredar — to knot or twist
- Bulgarian: ръмжа (rǎmža) — to snarl
- Czech: vrčet — to snarl
- Finnish: murista — to snarl
- Finnish: äristä — to snarl