knot
n//nɑt//knop, knut, stek, kustsnäppa, kolymasnäppa, snäppa, knipa, bula, svullnad, knyta, rynka
A looping of a piece of string or of any other long, flexible material that cannot be untangled without passing one or both ends of the material through its loops.
One of a variety of shore birds; red-breasted sandpiper (variously Calidris canutus or Tringa canutus).
A tangled clump of hair or similar.
(mathematics) A non-self-intersecting closed curve in (e.g., three-dimensional) space that is an abstraction of a knot (in sense 1 above).
A difficult situation.
Local swelling in a tissue area, especially skin, often due to injury.
(aviation) A unit of indicated airspeed, calibrated airspeed, or equivalent airspeed, which varies in its relation to the unit of speed so as to compensate for the effects of different ambient atmospheric conditions on aircraft performance.
(transitive) To form into a knot; to tie with a knot or knots.
(transitive) To form wrinkles in the forehead, as a sign of concentration, concern, surprise, etc.