Key: "S:" = Show Synset (semantic) relations, "W:" = Show Word
(lexical) relations Display options for sense: (gloss) "an
example sentence" - S: (n) knot (a tight cluster of people or
things) "a small knot of women listened to his sermon"; "the
bird had a knot of feathers forming a crest" - S: (n) knot (any
of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or
cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object) - S:
(n) knot (a hard cross-grained round piece of wood in a board
where a branch emerged) "the saw buckled when it hit a knot" -
S: (n) knot ((of ships and wind) a unit of speed equal to one
nautical mile per hour or about 1.15 statute miles per hour) -
S: (n) knot, gnarl (something twisted and tight and swollen)
"their muscles stood out in knots"; "the old man's fists were
two great gnarls"; "his stomach was in knots" - S: (n) slub,
knot, burl (soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an
imperfection or created by design) - S: (n) knot, greyback,
grayback, Calidris canutus (a sandpiper