Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Full of knots; having knots; knotty.
- Specifically — In botany, having a series of nodes, or nodelike swellings; jointed: said of stems, pods, etc.
- In zoology, having one or more swellings; nodose
- Having intersecting figures; having lines or walks intersecting one another, marked with interlacings.
- In lithology, containing or characterized by knots.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Full of knots; having knots; knurled
- adjective Interwoven; matted; entangled.
- adjective Having intersecting lines or figures.
- adjective (Geol.) Characterized by small, detached points, chiefly composed of mica, less decomposable than the mass of the rock, and forming knots in relief on the weathered surface.
- adjective rare Entangled; puzzling; knotty.
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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
knot .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective used of old persons or old trees; covered with knobs or knots
- adjective tied with a knot
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Examples
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The muscles writhed and swelled over his back and shoulders, leapt up in knotted strands like leathery hawsers from his shoulders down to his raw and bleeding wrists; a convulsion of superhuman power swept over his torso like the shock of an earthquake.
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The muscles writhed and swelled over his back and shoulders, leapt up in knotted strands like leathery hawsers from his shoulders down to his raw and bleeding wrists; a convulsion of superhuman power swept over his torso like the shock of an earthquake.
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Michael Chin knotted the score at 2-2 with 3: 32 left in the second for Dayton, which is winless in its last five (0-4-1).
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Henrik Sedin knotted it when he put a shot from in front off
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Wallin knotted the score at 3-3 for Houston 3: 17 into the third.
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Francois Beauchemin knotted the score at 2-2 with a man-advantage goal 3: 37 into the final stanza for Hamilton, which bounced back from a 2-1 loss to the Rochester Americans on
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In just his third game back from knee surgery, Bure netted a power-play tally less than two minutes after Steve Rucchin knotted the game 49 seconds into the third period, giving New
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Saprykin knotted the contest 6 1/2 minutes later with a strong individual effort.
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Off to work every morning, clean shaven, youthful necks in knotted ties, days spent in unknown labors, home again at suppertime to take a critical glance at the evening meal and to shake out the newspaper, hold it up between themselves and the muddle of the kitchen, the ailments and emotions, the babies.
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Off to work every morning, clean shaven, youthful necks in knotted ties, days spent in unknown labors, home again at suppertime to take a critical glance at the evening meal and to shake out the newspaper, hold it up between themselves and the muddle of the kitchen, the ailments and emotions, the babies.
A Quiet Genius 2001
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