knot
verb/nɒt/
/nɑːt/
Verb Forms
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they knot | /nɒt/ /nɑːt/ |
| he / she / it knots | /nɒts/ /nɑːts/ |
| past simple knotted | /ˈnɒtɪd/ /ˈnɑːtɪd/ |
| past participle knotted | /ˈnɒtɪd/ /ˈnɑːtɪd/ |
| -ing form knotting | /ˈnɒtɪŋ/ /ˈnɑːtɪŋ/ |
- [transitive] knot something to fasten something with a knot or knots
- He carefully knotted his tie.
- She wore a scarf loosely knotted around her neck.
Extra Examples- I knotted the ropes together securely.
- She knotted the scarf loosely around her neck.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- securely
- tightly
- loosely
- …
- around
- round
- [intransitive] to become twisted into a knot synonym tangle
- [transitive] knot something to twist hair into a particular shape
- She wore her hair loosely knotted on top of her head.
- [intransitive, transitive] knot (something) if muscles, etc. knot or something knots them, they become hard and painful because of fear, excitement, etc.
- She felt her stomach knot with fear.
tie with knot
bend into knot
muscles
Word OriginOld English cnotta, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch knot.
Idioms
See knot in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionaryget knotted
- (British English, informal, slang) a rude way of telling somebody to go away or of telling them that you are annoyed with them
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