Meaning of knot in English
1. a lump or fastening thus made
make a knot at the end of the rope
2. a round hard lump in a tree trunk where a branch or stem grow or grew
a knot on a tree
3. a unit for measuring the speed of a ship or aircraft, equivalent to one nautical mile per hour, approximately 1.85 km per hour
This ship makes twenty-eight knots an hour.
1. tie two pieces of string, rope, cloth etc. together
My hair knots easily.