knot

n.

1. An arrangement of strands

   tie, hitch, splice, ligature, bond, bow.

   Types of knots include: anchor, sheet bend, timber hitch, bowknot, clove hitch, carrick bend, half crown, diamond hitch, figure-of-eight, fisherman's bend, flat, Windsor, square, granny, half hitch, inside clinch, thief, outside clinch, lanyard, loop, mesh, midshipman's hitch, open hand, overhand, rolling hitch, round seizing, bowline on a bight, running bowline, sheepshank, shroud, running, slide, single, slip, stopper, surgeon's, trefoil, weaver's hitch, stevedore's, harness hitch, reef, cat's-paw, Blackwall hitch, magnus hitch, halyard bend.

2. A hard or twisted portion

   snarl, tangle, gnarl, snag, bunch, contortion, coil, spiral, warp, screw, helix, perplexity, entanglement, twist, twirl, whirl, whorl.

3. A group

   cluster, clump, assortment, gathering; see bunch 1, collection 2.

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knot

v.