Synonyms: Calidris canutus, knot, grayback, greyback
Definition: a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere
Similar words: sandpiper
Definition: any of numerous usually small wading birds having a slender bill and piping call; closely related to the plovers
Synonyms: knot
Definition: any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object
Similar words: fastener, fastening, fixing, holdfast
Definition: restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place
Definition: soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or created by design
Similar words: roughness, raggedness
Definition: a texture of a surface or edge that is not smooth but is irregular and uneven
Synonyms: knot
Definition: a tight cluster of people or things
Usage: a small knot of women listened to his sermon; the bird had a knot of feathers forming a crest
Similar words: bunch, clump, cluster, clustering
Definition: a grouping of a number of similar things
Usage: a bunch of trees; a cluster of admirers
Synonyms: naut mi, nautical mile, mile, air mile, knot, mi, international nautical mile
Definition: a unit of length used in navigation; exactly 1,852 meters; historically based on the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude
Similar words: nautical linear unit
Definition: a linear unit of distance used in navigation
Definition: something twisted and tight and swollen
Usage: their muscles stood out in knots; the old man's fists were two great gnarls; his stomach was in knots
Similar words: distorted shape, distortion
Definition: a shape resulting from distortion
Synonyms: knot
Definition: a hard cross-grained round piece of wood in a board where a branch emerged
Usage: the saw buckled when it hit a knot
Similar words: wood
Definition: the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
Synonyms: knot
Definition: tie or fasten into a knot
Usage: knot the shoelaces
Definition: fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord
Usage: They tied their victim to the chair
Definition: tangle or complicate
Usage: a ravelled story
Similar words: twine, enlace, entwine, interlace, intertwine, lace
Definition: spin,wind, or twist together
Usage: intertwine the ribbons; Twine the threads into a rope; intertwined hearts
Synonyms: knot
Definition: make into knots; make knots out of
Usage: She knotted her fingers
Similar words: create from raw material, create from raw stuff
Definition: make from scratch