n.
1.a tight cluster of people or things
2.any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object
3.a hard cross-grained round piece of wood in a board where a branch emerged
4.something twisted and tight and swollen
5.a unit of length used in navigation
6.soft lump or unevenness in a yarn
7.a sandpiper that breeds in the arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere knot v.
1.make into knots
2.tie or fasten into a knot
3.tangle or complicate
Idiom of the Day
turn tail
to run away from trouble or danger
The young boys turned tail when the farmer began to chase them from the field.