knot

Meaning of knot in English

Noun

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.

Verb

1. tie two pieces of string, rope, cloth etc. together

My hair knots easily.