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knot

noun · verb · 37 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: nŏt
  • Received-Pronunciation: /nɒt/
  • General-American: nŏt
  • General-American: /nɑt/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • homophone: not
  • homophone: naught (cot–caught merger)
  • rhymes with -ɒt
  • CMU ARPABET: N AA1 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A looping of a piece of string or of any other long, flexible material that cannot be untangled without passing one or both ends of the material through its loops.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Climbers must make sure that all knots are both secure and of types that will not weaken the rope.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A tangled clump of hair or similar.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The nurse was brushing knots from the protesting child's hair.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A maze-like pattern.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A non-self-intersecting closed curve in (e.g., three-dimensional) space that is an abstraction of a knot (in sense 1 above).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: mathematics, sciences

Examples

  • A knot can be defined as a non-self-intersecting broken line whose endpoints coincide: when such a knot is constrained to lie in a plane, then it is simply a polygon.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

A difficult situation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • I got into a knot when I inadvertently insulted a policeman.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

The whorl left in lumber by the base of a branch growing out of the tree's trunk.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • When preparing to tell stories at a campfire, I like to set aside a pile of pine logs with lots of knots, since they burn brighter and make dramatic pops and cracks.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

Local swelling in a tissue area, especially skin, often due to injury.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Jeremy had a knot on his head where he had bumped it on the bedframe.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

A tightened and contracted part of a muscle that feels like a hard lump under the skin.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

A protuberant joint in a plant.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

noun

Meaning 10

Any knob, lump, swelling, or protuberance.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

noun

Meaning 11

The swelling of the bulbus glandis in members of the dog family, Canidae.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

noun

Meaning 12

The point on which the action of a story depends; the gist of a matter.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • the knot of the tale

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

13

noun

Meaning 13

A node (point at which the lines of a funicular machine meet from different angular directions)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

14

noun

Meaning 14

A kind of epaulet; a shoulder knot.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

15

noun

Meaning 15

A group of people or things.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 1968, Bryce Walton, Harpoon Gunner, Thomas Y. Crowell Company, NY, (1968), page 20, He pushed through knots of whalemen grouped with their families and friends, and surrounded by piles of luggage.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

16

noun

Meaning 16

A bond of union; a connection; a tie.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

17

noun

Meaning 17

A unit of speed, equal to one nautical mile per hour.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, nautical, physical-sciences, transport

Examples

  • Cedric claimed his old yacht could make 12 knots.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: kn, kt

Antonyms: none provided

18

noun

Meaning 18

A unit of indicated airspeed, calibrated airspeed, or equivalent airspeed, which varies in its relation to the unit of speed so as to compensate for the effects of different ambient atmospheric conditions on aircraft performance.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

Examples

  • In the early stages of reentry, due to the extremely-rarefied air at these altitudes, the space shuttle flew at only one to a few knots equivalent airspeed, even when its actual speed was many thousands of knots.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

19

noun

Meaning 19

A nautical mile.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: nautical, transport

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: nm

Antonyms: none provided

20

noun

Meaning 20

The bulbus glandis.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: slang

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

21

noun

Meaning 21

One of a variety of shore birds; red-breasted sandpiper (variously Calidris canutus or Tringa canutus).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

22

verb

Meaning 22

To form into a knot; to tie with a knot or knots.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • We knotted the ends of the rope to keep it from unravelling.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

23

verb

Meaning 23

To form wrinkles in the forehead, as a sign of concentration, concern, surprise, etc.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • She knotted her brow in concentration while attempting to unravel the tangled strands.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

24

verb

Meaning 24

To unite closely; to knit together.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

25

verb

Meaning 25

To entangle or perplex; to puzzle.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete, rare, transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

26

verb

Meaning 26

To form knots.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

27

verb

Meaning 27

To knit knots for a fringe.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

28

noun

Meaning 28

a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: greyback, grayback, Calidris canutus

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: sandpiper

29

noun

Meaning 29

any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: fastener, fastening, holdfast, fixing

Narrower terms: barrel knot, blood knot, bow, bowknot, carrick bend, clove hitch, figure eight, figure of eight, fisherman's bend, fisherman's knot, true lover's knot, truelove knot, Gordian knot, half hitch, hawser bend, hitch, loop knot, love knot, lovers' knot, lover's knot, true lovers' knot, overhand knot, prolonge knot, sailor's breastplate, sheepshank, slipknot, square knot, stopper knot, surgeon's knot, Turk's head

30

noun

Meaning 30

soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or created by design

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: slub, burl

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: roughness, raggedness

31

noun

Meaning 31

a tight cluster of people or things

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a small knot of women listened to his sermon
  • the bird had a knot of feathers forming a crest

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: bunch, clump, cluster, clustering

32

noun

Meaning 32

a unit of length used in navigation; exactly 1,852 meters; historically based on the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: nautical mile, mile, mi, naut mi, international nautical mile, air mile

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: nautical linear unit

33

noun

Meaning 33

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: gnarl

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: distorted shape, distortion

34

noun

Meaning 34

a hard cross-grained round piece of wood in a board where a branch emerged

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the saw buckled when it hit a knot

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: wood

35

verb

Meaning 35

tie or fasten into a knot

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • knot the shoelaces

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: tie, bind

36

verb

Meaning 36

tangle or complicate

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a ravelled story

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: ravel, tangle

Antonyms: unknot

Broader terms: intertwine, twine, entwine, enlace, interlace, lace

37

verb

Meaning 37

make into knots; make knots out of

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • She knotted her fingers

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: create from raw material, create from raw stuff

Narrower terms: macrame

History

Etymology

From Middle English knotte, from Old English cnotta, from Proto-West Germanic *knottō, from Proto-Germanic *knuttô, *knudô (“knot”); probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gnod- (“to bind”). See also Old High German knoto (German Knoten, Dutch knot, Low German Knütte; also Old Norse knútr > Danish knude, Swedish knut, Norwegian knute, Faroese knútur, Icelandic hnútur; also Latin nōdus and its Romance descendants. Doublet of knout, node, and nodus. * (unit of speed): From the practice of counting the number of knots in the logline (as it is paid out) in a standard time. Traditionally spaced at one every 1⁄120 of a mile.

Supposed to be derived from the name of King Canute, with whom the bird was a favourite article of food. See the specific epithet canutus.

Across languages

Translations

514 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Abkhaz: аиқәҳәала (ajkwḥwala) — looping
  • Albanian: nyjë — looping
  • Gheg Albanian: ny — looping
  • Southern Altai: тӱӱн (tüün) — looping
  • Southern Altai: тӱйӱн (tüyün) — looping
  • Arabic: عُقْدَة (ʕuqda) — looping
  • Armenian: հանգույց (hanguycʻ) — looping
  • Aromanian: nod — looping
  • Assamese: গাঁঠি (gãthi) — looping
  • Asturian: nuedu — looping
  • Asturian: ñuedu — looping
  • Asturian: nudu — looping
  • Asturian: ñudu — looping
  • Asturian: noyu — looping
  • Asturian: nodiu — looping
  • Asturian: nougu — looping
  • Asturian: nuegu — looping
  • Avar: гарацӏ (garacʼ) — looping
  • Azerbaijani: düyün — looping
  • Bashkir: төйөн (töyön) — looping
  • Basque: lotu — looping
  • Belarusian: ву́зел (vúzjel) — looping
  • Bengali: গিঁট (gĩṭ) — looping
  • Bhojpuri: गाँठ (gā̃ṭh) — looping
  • Breton: koulm — looping
  • Breton: kouloum — looping
  • Bulgarian: въ́зел (vǎ́zel) — looping
  • Burmese: အထုံးအဖွဲ့ (a.htum:a.hpwai.) — looping
  • Burmese: ရေမိုင် (remuing) — looping
  • Catalan: nus — looping
  • Chechen: шад (šad) — looping
  • Chichewa: mfundo — looping
  • Chinese Mandarin: 結 /结 (jiē) — looping
  • Chinese Mandarin: 繩結 /绳结 (shéngjié) — looping
  • Cornish: kolm — looping
  • Czech: uzel — looping
  • Danish: knude — looping
  • Dutch: knoop — looping
  • Dutch: knot — looping
  • Egyptian: T:z-t:Tz (ṯzt) — looping
  • Elfdalian: knaut — looping
  • Esperanto: nodo — looping
  • Estonian: sõlm — looping
  • Faroese: knútur — looping
  • Finnish: solmu — looping
  • French: nœud — looping
  • West-Frisian: knoop — looping
  • Friulian: grop — looping
  • Galician: nó — looping
  • Georgian: ნასკვი (nasḳvi) — looping
  • German: Knoten — looping
  • Greek: κόμπος (kómpos) — looping
  • Ancient Greek: ἅμμα (hámma) — looping
  • Greenlandic: qilerneq — looping
  • Haitian Creole: ne — looping
  • Hebrew: קֶשֶׁר (késher) — looping
  • Hindi: गाँठ (gā̃ṭh) — looping
  • Hindi: गिरह (girah) — looping
  • Hindi: गिरिह (girih) — looping
  • Hungarian: csomó — looping
  • Icelandic: hnútur — looping
  • Indonesian: buhul — looping
  • Ingush: шод (šod) — looping
  • Interlingua: nodo — looping
  • Irish: snaidhm — looping
  • Italian: nodo — looping
  • Japanese: 結び目 (musubime) — looping
  • Kashmiri: گَنٛڈ (ganḍ) — looping
  • Kazakh: түйін (tüiın) — looping
  • Khmer: ចំណង (cɑmnɑɑng) — looping
  • Korean: 매듭 (maedeup) — looping
  • Korean: 코 — looping
  • Central Kurdish: گرێ (grê) — looping
  • Kyrgyz: түйүн (tüyün) — looping
  • Lao: ປົມ (pom) — looping
  • Lao: ເງື່ອນ (ngư̄an) — looping
  • Latgalian: mozgys — looping
  • Latin: nōdus — looping
  • Latvian: mezgls — looping
  • Lingala: litonga — looping
  • Lithuanian: mazgas — looping
  • Lombard: nöd — looping
  • Lombard: nœud — looping
  • Luxembourgish: Knuet — looping
  • Macedonian: јазол (jazol) — looping
  • Malagasy: fatotra — looping
  • Malay: simpul — looping
  • Maltese: għoqda — looping
  • Māori: tīpona — looping
  • Marshallese: booj — looping
  • Mongolian: зангилаа (zangilaa) — looping
  • Nepali: गाँठो (gā̃ṭho) — looping
  • Norwegian Bokmål: knute — looping
  • Occitan: noset — looping
  • Occitan: nos — looping
  • Old East Slavic: ѫзлъ (ǫzlŭ) — looping
  • Old East Slavic: узьлъ (uzĭlŭ) — looping
  • Old English: cnotta — looping
  • Ossetian: ӕлхынцъ (ælxync’) — looping
  • Ossetian: сыхуыл — looping
  • Pannonian Rusyn: ґузел (guzel) — looping
  • Pashto: غوټه (ǧuṭa) — looping
  • Dari: گِرِهْ (girih) — looping
  • Iranian Persian: گِرِهْ (gereh) — looping
  • Polish: węzeł — looping
  • Portuguese: nó — looping
  • Punjabi: ਗੰਢ (gaṇḍh) — looping
  • Romanian: nod — looping
  • Romansh: nuf — looping
  • Romansh: nuv — looping
  • Romansh: nouv — looping
  • Russian: у́зел (úzel) — looping
  • Northern Sami: čuolbma — looping
  • Sanskrit: ग्रन्थि (granthi) — looping
  • Sardinian: nodu — looping
  • Sardinian: nudu — looping
  • Scottish Gaelic: snaidhm — looping
  • Serbo-Croatian: чво̑р — looping
  • Serbo-Croatian: čvȏr — looping
  • Sicilian: gruppu — looping
  • Slovak: uzol — looping
  • Slovene: vozel — looping
  • Upper Sorbian: suk — looping
  • Spanish: nudo — looping
  • Spanish: ñudo — looping
  • Swahili: fundo — looping
  • Swedish: knop — looping
  • Swedish: knut — looping
  • Swedish: stek — looping
  • Tagalog: buhol — looping
  • Tajik: гиреҳ (gireh) — looping
  • Tajik: тугун (tugun) — looping
  • Talysh: انگل (angəl) — looping
  • Tamil: முடிச்சு (muṭiccu) — looping
  • Tamil: முடி (muṭi) — looping
  • Taos: cìʼíne — looping
  • Tatar: төен (töyen) — looping
  • Telugu: ముడి (muḍi) — looping
  • Tewa: whi — looping
  • Thai: ปม (bpom) — looping
  • Thai: เงื่อน (ngʉ̂ʉan) — looping
  • Tibetan: མདུད་པ (mdud pa) — looping
  • Turkish: düğüm — looping
  • Ottoman Turkish: دوگوم (düğüm) — looping
  • Turkmen: düwün — looping
  • Tuvan: доң (doñ) — looping
  • Tuvan: дүүшкүн (düüşkün) — looping
  • Tuvan: чүс (çüs) — looping
  • Ukrainian: ву́зол (vúzol) — looping
  • Urdu: گِرَہْ (girah) — looping
  • Urdu: گِرِہْ (girih) — looping
  • Urdu: گان٘ٹھ (gā̃ṭh) — looping
  • Uyghur: تۈگۈن (tügün) — looping
  • Uzbek: tugun — looping
  • Venetan: grop — looping
  • Venetan: gropo — looping
  • Vietnamese: nút — looping
  • Vietnamese: nơ — looping
  • Welsh: cwlwm — looping
  • Yiddish: פּעקל (pekl) — looping
  • Zulu: ifindo — looping
  • Albanian: nyjë — tangled clump
  • Czech: chomáč — tangled clump
  • Danish: knude — tangled clump
  • Dutch: kluwen — tangled clump
  • Finnish: solmu — tangled clump
  • Finnish: takku — tangled clump
  • French: nœud — tangled clump
  • Georgian: კვანძი (ḳvanʒi) — tangled clump
  • German: Knoten — tangled clump
  • German: Fitz — tangled clump
  • German: Filz — tangled clump
  • Greek: κόμπος (kómpos) — tangled clump
  • Gujarati: ગાંઠ (gā̃ṭh) — tangled clump
  • Hindi: गाँठ (gā̃ṭh) — tangled clump
  • Icelandic: hnútur — tangled clump
  • Icelandic: flækja — tangled clump
  • Italian: nodo — tangled clump
  • Lombard: nœud — tangled clump
  • Macedonian: кло́пче (klópče) — tangled clump
  • Mansaka: boko — tangled clump
  • Norwegian Bokmål: knute — tangled clump
  • Dari: گِرِهْ (girih) — tangled clump
  • Iranian Persian: گِرِهْ (gereh) — tangled clump
  • Polish: kołtun — tangled clump
  • Portuguese: nó — tangled clump
  • Romanian: nod — tangled clump
  • Russian: клубо́к (klubók) — tangled clump
  • Sanskrit: ग्रन्थि (granthi) — tangled clump
  • Sicilian: gruppu — tangled clump
  • Spanish: nudo — tangled clump
  • Swahili: fundo — tangled clump
  • Swedish: knut — tangled clump
  • Tamil: சிக்கு (cikku) — tangled clump
  • Tamil: முடிச்சு (muṭiccu) — tangled clump
  • Thai: ปม (bpom) — tangled clump
  • Ukrainian: ковту́н (kovtún) — tangled clump
  • Ukrainian: клуб (klub) — tangled clump
  • Ukrainian: клубо́к (klubók) — tangled clump
  • Dutch: kluwen — maze-like pattern
  • Finnish: solmu — maze-like pattern
  • German: Knäuel — maze-like pattern
  • German: Fitz — maze-like pattern
  • German: Gewirr — maze-like pattern
  • Hindi: भूलभुलैया (bhūlbhulaiyā) — maze-like pattern
  • Macedonian: јазол (jazol) — maze-like pattern
  • Macedonian: свиок (sviok) — maze-like pattern
  • Portuguese: emaranhado — maze-like pattern
  • Russian: у́зел (úzel) — maze-like pattern
  • Russian: завито́к (zavitók) — maze-like pattern
  • Sicilian: nturciniatu — maze-like pattern
  • Ukrainian: ву́зол (vúzol) — maze-like pattern
  • Ukrainian: за́круток (zákrutok) — maze-like pattern
  • Chinese Mandarin: 紐結 /纽结 (niǔjié) — (mathematics) closed curve
  • Czech: uzel — (mathematics) closed curve
  • Danish: knude — (mathematics) closed curve
  • Dutch: knoop — (mathematics) closed curve
  • Finnish: solmu — (mathematics) closed curve
  • French: nœud — (mathematics) closed curve
  • German: Knoten — (mathematics) closed curve
  • Hindi: कुंडली (kuṇḍlī) — (mathematics) closed curve
  • Japanese: 結び目 (musubime) — (mathematics) closed curve
  • Macedonian: јазол (jazol) — (mathematics) closed curve
  • Polish: węzeł — (mathematics) closed curve
  • Portuguese: nó — (mathematics) closed curve
  • Russian: у́зел (úzel) — (mathematics) closed curve
  • Serbo-Croatian: чво̑р — (mathematics) closed curve
  • Serbo-Croatian: čvȏr — (mathematics) closed curve
  • Sicilian: gruppu — (mathematics) closed curve
  • Slovene: vozel — (mathematics) closed curve
  • Swedish: knut — (mathematics) closed curve
  • Ukrainian: ву́зол (vúzol) — (mathematics) closed curve
  • Bulgarian: затрудне́ние (zatrudnénie) — difficult situation
  • Chinese Mandarin: 難題 /难题 (nántí) — difficult situation
  • Chinese Mandarin: 困境 (kùnjìng) — difficult situation
  • Chinese Mandarin: 苦境 (kǔjìng) — difficult situation
  • Czech: potíž — difficult situation
  • Danish: hårdknude — difficult situation
  • Dutch: de knoop — difficult situation
  • Dutch: knoei (boel) — difficult situation
  • Finnish: kiipeli — difficult situation
  • Finnish: kiikki — difficult situation
  • Finnish: pulma — difficult situation
  • Finnish: solmu — difficult situation
  • Georgian: სიძნელე (siʒnele) — difficult situation
  • Georgian: დაბრკოლება (dabrḳoleba) — difficult situation
  • German: Verlegenheit — difficult situation
  • German: Bredouille — difficult situation
  • Hindi: गुत्थी (gutthī) — difficult situation
  • Icelandic: klípa — difficult situation
  • Italian: nodo — difficult situation
  • Japanese: 難題 (nandai) — difficult situation
  • Japanese: 苦境 (kukyō) — difficult situation
  • Korean: 난제 (nanje) — difficult situation
  • Korean: 곤경 (gon'gyeong) — difficult situation
  • Norwegian Bokmål: trøbbel — difficult situation
  • Portuguese: nó — difficult situation
  • Russian: у́зел (úzel) — difficult situation
  • Russian: клубо́к (klubók) — difficult situation
  • Russian: затрудне́ние (zatrudnénije) — difficult situation
  • Russian: загво́здка (zagvózdka) — difficult situation
  • Sicilian: gruppu — difficult situation
  • Swedish: knipa — difficult situation
  • Ukrainian: скру́та (skrúta) — difficult situation
  • Aleut: tahlidax̂ — whorl in wood left by branch
  • Southern Altai: будак (budak) — whorl in wood left by branch
  • Armenian: կոշտ (košt) — whorl in wood left by branch
  • Bulgarian: чеп (čep) — whorl in wood left by branch
  • Catalan: grop — whorl in wood left by branch
  • Czech: suk — whorl in wood left by branch
  • Danish: knast — whorl in wood left by branch
  • Dutch: knoest — whorl in wood left by branch
  • Finnish: oksa — whorl in wood left by branch
  • Finnish: oksankohta — whorl in wood left by branch
  • Finnish: oksankanta — whorl in wood left by branch
  • French: nœud — whorl in wood left by branch
  • Galician: nórrega — whorl in wood left by branch
  • Galician: cipocha — whorl in wood left by branch
  • Galician: porroncha — whorl in wood left by branch
  • Galician: cadorno — whorl in wood left by branch
  • German: Ast — whorl in wood left by branch
  • Greek: κόμπος (kómpos) — whorl in wood left by branch
  • Greek: ρόζος (rózos) — whorl in wood left by branch
  • Hebrew: סִיקוּס (síkus) — whorl in wood left by branch
  • Irish: cranra — whorl in wood left by branch
  • Irish: dual — whorl in wood left by branch
  • Irish: alt — whorl in wood left by branch
  • Irish: fadharcán — whorl in wood left by branch
  • Italian: nodo — whorl in wood left by branch
  • Korean: 나무옹이 (namuong'i) — whorl in wood left by branch
  • Central Kurdish: گرێ (grê) — whorl in wood left by branch
  • Latin: nōdus — whorl in wood left by branch
  • Latvian: māzers — whorl in wood left by branch
  • Lithuanian: gumbas — whorl in wood left by branch
  • Lithuanian: antauga — whorl in wood left by branch
  • Macedonian: колено (koleno) — whorl in wood left by branch
  • Māori: pūpeka — whorl in wood left by branch
  • Māori: pūmanga — whorl in wood left by branch
  • Māori: pūkanohi — whorl in wood left by branch
  • Mongolian: яр (jar) — whorl in wood left by branch
  • Mongolian: ᠶᠠᠷ᠎ᠠ (yar-a) — whorl in wood left by branch
  • Portuguese: nó — whorl in wood left by branch
  • Russian: сучо́к (sučók) — whorl in wood left by branch
  • Russian: сук (suk) — whorl in wood left by branch
  • Scottish Gaelic: pluc — whorl in wood left by branch
  • Serbo-Croatian: чво̑р — whorl in wood left by branch
  • Serbo-Croatian: čvȏr — whorl in wood left by branch
  • Sicilian: gruppu — whorl in wood left by branch
  • Spanish: nudo — whorl in wood left by branch
  • Thai: ตาไม้ (dtaa-máai) — whorl in wood left by branch
  • Turkish: budak — whorl in wood left by branch
  • Ukrainian: сук (suk) — whorl in wood left by branch
  • Welsh: cainc — whorl in wood left by branch
  • Welsh: cwgn — whorl in wood left by branch
  • Chinese Mandarin: 結節 /结节 (jiéjié) — firm swollen tissue caused by injury
  • Czech: boule — firm swollen tissue caused by injury
  • Danish: bule — firm swollen tissue caused by injury
  • Danish: hævelse — firm swollen tissue caused by injury
  • Dutch: buil — firm swollen tissue caused by injury
  • Dutch: bluts — firm swollen tissue caused by injury
  • Finnish: kuhmu — firm swollen tissue caused by injury
  • Finnish: patti — firm swollen tissue caused by injury
  • German: Beule — firm swollen tissue caused by injury
  • Greek: όζος (ózos) — firm swollen tissue caused by injury
  • Greek: καρούμπαλο (karoúmpalo) — firm swollen tissue caused by injury
  • Hindi: गाँठ (gā̃ṭh) — firm swollen tissue caused by injury
  • Japanese: 結節 (kessetsu) — firm swollen tissue caused by injury
  • Korean: 혹 (hok) — firm swollen tissue caused by injury
  • Korean: 사마귀 (samagwi) — firm swollen tissue caused by injury
  • Korean: 결절 (gyeoljeol) — firm swollen tissue caused by injury
  • Lithuanian: gumbas — firm swollen tissue caused by injury
  • Macedonian: џумка (džumka) — firm swollen tissue caused by injury
  • Macedonian: жмучка (žmučka) — firm swollen tissue caused by injury
  • Norwegian Bokmål: flein — firm swollen tissue caused by injury
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kul — firm swollen tissue caused by injury
  • Portuguese: nó — firm swollen tissue caused by injury
  • Portuguese: galo — firm swollen tissue caused by injury
  • Russian: ши́шка (šíška) — firm swollen tissue caused by injury
  • Russian: наро́ст (naróst) — firm swollen tissue caused by injury
  • Scottish Gaelic: pluc — firm swollen tissue caused by injury
  • Sicilian: appurmuni — firm swollen tissue caused by injury
  • Swedish: bula — firm swollen tissue caused by injury
  • Swedish: svullnad — firm swollen tissue caused by injury
  • Ukrainian: ґу́ля (gúlja) — firm swollen tissue caused by injury
  • German: Knoten — a protuberant joint in a plant
  • Russian: наро́ст (naróst) — a protuberant joint in a plant
  • Russian: свиль (svilʹ) — a protuberant joint in a plant
  • Russian: сучо́к (sučók) — a protuberant joint in a plant
  • Ottoman Turkish: بوغوم (boğum) — a protuberant joint in a plant
  • Arabic: عُقْدَة (ʕuqda) — nautical unit of speed
  • Armenian: հանգույց (hanguycʻ) — nautical unit of speed
  • Basque: korapilo — nautical unit of speed
  • Bulgarian: въ́зел (vǎ́zel) — nautical unit of speed
  • Catalan: nus — nautical unit of speed
  • Chinese Cantonese: 節 /节 (zit3) — nautical unit of speed
  • Chinese Mandarin: 節 /节 (jié) — nautical unit of speed
  • Czech: uzel — nautical unit of speed
  • Danish: knob — nautical unit of speed
  • Dutch: knoop — nautical unit of speed
  • Esperanto: nodo — nautical unit of speed
  • Esperanto: knoto — nautical unit of speed
  • Estonian: sõlm — nautical unit of speed
  • Finnish: solmu — nautical unit of speed
  • French: nœud — nautical unit of speed
  • Georgian: კვანძი (ḳvanʒi) — nautical unit of speed
  • German: Knoten — nautical unit of speed
  • Greek: κόμβος (kómvos) — nautical unit of speed
  • Hebrew: קֶשֶׁר (késher) — nautical unit of speed
  • Hindi: नॉट (nŏṭ) — nautical unit of speed
  • Hungarian: csomó — nautical unit of speed
  • Icelandic: hnútur — nautical unit of speed
  • Italian: nodo — nautical unit of speed
  • Japanese: ノット (notto) — nautical unit of speed
  • Kazakh: түйін (tüiın) — nautical unit of speed
  • Khmer: ណុត (not) — nautical unit of speed
  • Korean: 노트 (noteu) — nautical unit of speed
  • Latvian: mezgls — nautical unit of speed
  • Lithuanian: mazgas — nautical unit of speed
  • Macedonian: јазол (jazol) — nautical unit of speed
  • Māori: noti — nautical unit of speed
  • Norwegian Bokmål: knop — nautical unit of speed
  • Dari: گِرِهْ (girih) — nautical unit of speed
  • Iranian Persian: گِرِهْ (gereh) — nautical unit of speed
  • Polish: węzeł — nautical unit of speed
  • Portuguese: nó — nautical unit of speed
  • Russian: у́зел (úzel) — nautical unit of speed
  • Scottish Gaelic: mìle-mara — nautical unit of speed
  • Serbo-Croatian: чво̑р — nautical unit of speed
  • Serbo-Croatian: čvȏr — nautical unit of speed
  • Sicilian: nodu — nautical unit of speed
  • Slovak: uzol — nautical unit of speed
  • Slovene: vozel — nautical unit of speed
  • Spanish: nudo — nautical unit of speed
  • Swedish: knop — nautical unit of speed
  • Thai: นอต (nɔ́t) — nautical unit of speed
  • Turkish: knot — nautical unit of speed
  • Ukrainian: ву́зол (vúzol) — nautical unit of speed
  • Welsh: not — nautical unit of speed
  • Chinese Mandarin: 狗結 /狗结 (gǒujié) — bulbus glandis
  • French: bulbe — bulbus glandis
  • Bulgarian: исландски брегобегач (islandski bregobegač) — variety of wading bird
  • Catalan: territ gros — variety of wading bird
  • Czech: jespák — variety of wading bird
  • Danish: islandsk ryle — variety of wading bird
  • Dutch: knot — variety of wading bird
  • Faroese: íslandsgrælingur — variety of wading bird
  • Finnish: sirri — variety of wading bird
  • Finnish: isosirri — variety of wading bird
  • German: Knutt — variety of wading bird
  • German: Knuttstrandläufer — variety of wading bird
  • Irish: cnota — variety of wading bird
  • Italian: piovanello maggiore — variety of wading bird
  • Māori: huahou — variety of wading bird
  • Norman: bécachinne dé grève — variety of wading bird
  • Norwegian Bokmål: snipe — variety of wading bird
  • Norwegian Bokmål: polarsnipe — variety of wading bird
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sibirsnipe — variety of wading bird
  • Portuguese: seixoeira — variety of wading bird
  • Scottish Gaelic: luatharan-gainmhich — variety of wading bird
  • Serbo-Croatian: жалар — variety of wading bird
  • Serbo-Croatian: žalar — variety of wading bird
  • Slovak: pobrežník — variety of wading bird
  • Slovak: pobrežník hrdzavý — variety of wading bird
  • Spanish: correlimos — variety of wading bird
  • Spanish: playero — variety of wading bird
  • Swedish: snäppa — variety of wading bird
  • Swedish: kustsnäppa — variety of wading bird
  • Swedish: kolymasnäppa — variety of wading bird
  • Tamil: உள்ளான் (uḷḷāṉ) — variety of wading bird
  • Ukrainian: побере́жник ісла́ндський (poberéžnyk islándsʹkyj) — variety of wading bird
  • Ukrainian: побере́жник черво́ний (poberéžnyk červónyj) — variety of wading bird
  • Welsh: pibydd — variety of wading bird
  • Southern Altai: тӱӱр (tüür) — form into a knot; tie with knot(s)
  • Arabic: عَقَدَ (ʕaqada) — form into a knot; tie with knot(s)
  • Aromanian: nod — form into a knot; tie with knot(s)
  • Aromanian: anod — form into a knot; tie with knot(s)
  • Asturian: anuedar — form into a knot; tie with knot(s)
  • Asturian: anuar — form into a knot; tie with knot(s)
  • Asturian: añudar — form into a knot; tie with knot(s)
  • Asturian: añuar — form into a knot; tie with knot(s)
  • Asturian: anuyar — form into a knot; tie with knot(s)
  • Asturian: anoyar — form into a knot; tie with knot(s)
  • Asturian: anodiar — form into a knot; tie with knot(s)
  • Asturian: anodar — form into a knot; tie with knot(s)
  • Azerbaijani: düymək — form into a knot; tie with knot(s)
  • Bulgarian: връзвам (vrǎzvam) — form into a knot; tie with knot(s)
  • Czech: zauzlovat — form into a knot; tie with knot(s)
  • Danish: knytte — form into a knot; tie with knot(s)
  • Dutch: knopen — form into a knot; tie with knot(s)
  • Dutch: aaneenknopen — form into a knot; tie with knot(s)
  • Dutch: dichtknopen — form into a knot; tie with knot(s)
  • Esperanto: nodi — form into a knot; tie with knot(s)
  • Finnish: solmia — form into a knot; tie with knot(s)
  • French: nouer — form into a knot; tie with knot(s)
  • Friulian: ingropâ — form into a knot; tie with knot(s)
  • German: knoten — form into a knot; tie with knot(s)
  • Greek: δένω κόμπο (déno kómpo) — form into a knot; tie with knot(s)
  • Hindi: गाँठना (gā̃ṭhnā) — form into a knot; tie with knot(s)
  • Icelandic: hnýta — form into a knot; tie with knot(s)
  • Italian: annodare — form into a knot; tie with knot(s)
  • Central Kurdish: گرێدان (grêdan) — form into a knot; tie with knot(s)
  • Latin: nōdō — form into a knot; tie with knot(s)
  • Latvian: sasiet mezglā — form into a knot; tie with knot(s)
  • Lithuanian: surišti mazgu — form into a knot; tie with knot(s)
  • Macedonian: врзува (vrzuva) — form into a knot; tie with knot(s)
  • Māori: whakapōrohe — form into a knot; tie with knot(s)
  • Marshallese: booj — form into a knot; tie with knot(s)
  • Norwegian: knyte — form into a knot; tie with knot(s)
  • Occitan: nosar — form into a knot; tie with knot(s)
  • Portuguese: dar um nó — form into a knot; tie with knot(s)
  • Portuguese: fazer um nó — form into a knot; tie with knot(s)
  • Quechua: khipuy — form into a knot; tie with knot(s)
  • Quechua: iskiy — form into a knot; tie with knot(s)
  • Romanian: înnoda — form into a knot; tie with knot(s)
  • Russian: завязывать/завязать узлом (zavjazyvatʹ/zavjazatʹ uzlom) — form into a knot; tie with knot(s)
  • Northern Sami: čuolbmat — form into a knot; tie with knot(s)
  • Sardinian: annodare — form into a knot; tie with knot(s)
  • Sardinian: annuai — form into a knot; tie with knot(s)
  • Scottish Gaelic: cuir snaidhm air — form into a knot; tie with knot(s)
  • Slovak: zauzliť — form into a knot; tie with knot(s)
  • Slovene: vozlati — form into a knot; tie with knot(s)
  • Slovene: zavozlati — form into a knot; tie with knot(s)
  • Spanish: anudar — form into a knot; tie with knot(s)
  • Spanish: añudar — form into a knot; tie with knot(s)
  • Swahili: funda — form into a knot; tie with knot(s)
  • Swedish: knyta — form into a knot; tie with knot(s)
  • Tamil: முடி (muṭi) — form into a knot; tie with knot(s)
  • Turkish: düğümlemek — form into a knot; tie with knot(s)
  • Ottoman Turkish: دوگوملمك (düğümlemek) — form into a knot; tie with knot(s)
  • Ukrainian: зав'язувати на вузол (zavʺjazuvaty na vuzol) — form into a knot; tie with knot(s)
  • Walloon: nukî — form into a knot; tie with knot(s)
  • Walloon: ranukî — form into a knot; tie with knot(s)
  • Czech: svraštit — form wrinkles in forehead
  • Danish: rynke — form wrinkles in forehead
  • Dutch: fronsen — form wrinkles in forehead
  • Finnish: rypistää (otsaa) — form wrinkles in forehead
  • Greek: ζαρώνω (zaróno) — form wrinkles in forehead
  • Italian: corrugare — form wrinkles in forehead
  • Macedonian: се мурти (se murti) — form wrinkles in forehead
  • Norwegian: rynke rynker bekymringsrynker — form wrinkles in forehead
  • Portuguese: franzir — form wrinkles in forehead
  • Swahili: funda — form wrinkles in forehead
  • Swedish: rynka — form wrinkles in forehead
  • Tamil: சுளி (cuḷi) — form wrinkles in forehead
  • Ukrainian: мо́рщити (mórščyty) — form wrinkles in forehead
  • Bulgarian: свързвам (svǎrzvam) — to tie together
  • Danish: sammenbinde — to tie together
  • Finnish: punoa — to tie together
  • Finnish: solmeilla — to tie together
  • Māori: whakapōrohe — to tie together
  • Tamil: பின்னு (piṉṉu) — to tie together
  • Tamil: முடி (muṭi) — to tie together
  • Ukrainian: зв'я́зувати (zvʺjázuvaty) — to tie together
  • Ukrainian: зв'яза́ти (zvʺjazáty) — to tie together