Main entry: Calidris canutus, knot, grayback, greyback
Definition: a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere
Main entry: 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
Definition: soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or created by design
Main entry: 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
Main entry: 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
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
Main entry: 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
Main entry: knot
Definition: tie or fasten into a knot
Usage: knot the shoelaces
Main entry: tangle, ravel, knot
Definition: tangle or complicate
Usage: a ravelled story
Main entry: knot
Definition: make into knots; make knots out of
Usage: She knotted her fingers