Meaning

6 senses
  1. (transitive)To form into a knot; to tie with a knot or knots.

    We knotted the ends of the rope to keep it from unravelling.

    knoten

    завязывать/завязать узломzavjazyvatʹ/zavjazatʹ uzlom

    зав'язувати на вузолzavʺjazuvaty na vuzol

    tie or fasten into a knot

  2. (transitive)To form wrinkles in the forehead, as a sign of concentration, concern, surprise, etc.

    She knotted her brow in concentration while attempting to unravel the tangled strands.

    мо́рщитиmórščyty

  3. To unite closely; to knit together.

    зв'я́зуватиzvʺjázuvaty, зв'яза́тиzvʺjazáty

  4. (intransitive)To form knots.

    make into knots; make knots out of

  5. (intransitive)To knit knots for a fringe.

  6. (obsolete, rare, transitive)To entangle or perplex; to puzzle.

Examples

127 sentences
  1. Tom said he wanted to learn how to tie a square knot.

    Том сказав, що хоче знати, як зав'язати прямий вузол. — deniko

  2. This knot is impossible to untie.

    deDieser Knoten geht nicht auf. — Waldelfe

  3. I can't get this knot untied.

    deIch bekomme diesen Knoten nicht auf. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. I can't tie a very good knot.

  5. Don't get all tied up in knots.

Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 3
form into a knot; tie with knot(s):
form wrinkles in forehead:
to tie together:
Русский
By meaning 1
form into a knot; tie with knot(s):
Deutsch
By meaning 1
form into a knot; tie with knot(s):

Origin

From Middle English knotte, from Old English cnotta, from Proto-West Germanic *knottō, fro

From Middle English knotte, from Old English cnotta, from Proto-West Germanic *knottō, from Proto-Germanic *knuttô, *knudô (“knot”); probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gnod- (“to bind”).

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Forms

knots, knotting, knotted, knotted
Base formknot · to knot
3rd person singularknots
Present participleknotting
Past simpleknotted
Past participleknotted

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyknot
he, she, itknots

Past simpleLesson

all personsknotted

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave knotted
he, she, ithas knotted

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill knot

Synonyms

10 synonyms
form into a knot:bindB2tieB1
form wrinkles in forehead:knitB1
unite closely:attachB1
entangle or perplex:baffle
Close in meaning

Antonyms

4 antonyms
form into a knot:loosenunbindunknotuntieB2

Word family

10 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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