Definitions for knotted

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knotted knot·ted

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IPA: /ˈnɒt ɪd/

Knotted is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 103 anagrams from letters in knotted (deknott).

Definitions for knotted

noun

1. an interlacing, twining, looping, etc., of a cord, rope, or the like, drawn tight into a knob or lump, for fastening, binding, or connecting two cords together or a cord to something else.
2. a piece of ribbon or similar material tied or folded upon itself and used or worn as an ornament.
3. a group or cluster of persons or things:
4. the hard, cross-grained mass of wood at the place where a branch joins the trunk of a tree.
5. a part of this mass showing in a piece of lumber, wood panel, etc.
6. Anatomy, Zoology. a protuberance or swelling on or in a part or process, as in a muscle.
7. a protuberance in the tissue of a plant; an excrescence on a stem, branch, or root; a node or joint in a stem, especially when of swollen form.
8. any of various fungal diseases of trees characterized by the formation of an excrescence, knob, or gnarl.
9. an involved, intricate, or difficult matter; complicated problem.
10. Nautical. a unit of speed equal to one nautical mile or about 1.15 statute miles per hour. a unit of 47 feet 3 inches (13.79 meters) on a log line, marked off by knots. a nautical mile.
11. a bond or tie:
12. Also called joint, node. Mathematics. in interpolation, one of the points at which the values of a function are assigned.

Idioms

1. tie the knot, Informal. to marry:

adjective

1. having knots; knotty.
2. tied in or fastened with a knot.
3. made or ornamented with knots.
4. Botany. having many nodes or nodelike swellings; gnarled.
5. Zoology. having one or more swellings; nodose.

verb (used with object)

1. to tie in a knot; form a knot in.
2. to secure or fasten by a knot.
3. to form protuberances, bosses, or knobs in; make knotty.

verb (used without object)

1. to become tied or tangled in a knot.
2. to form knots or joints.

Origin of knotted

First recorded in 1125-75, knotted is from the Middle English word cnotted. See knot¹, -ed², -ed

Examples for knotted

His ruddy English face was knotted in a scowl and his blue eyes were dark.

The other end of the rope he now knotted very firmly to a mullion.

Some came wrapped in what looked like puffed up fabric worms, with hair just as knotted and twisted.

It was a cardboard box, tied about with a string, which was knotted in a peculiar way.

This past week you could feel a dry-mouthed, stomach- knotted apprehension in the national perception of our brave new president.

Her throat was bare, and she saw the muscles of it knotted in the struggle for life.

And if she had not been there, why was her handkerchief found there, knotted in this peculiar way?

He knotted the sheet behind, like an apron, and arose to greet the comers.

He gloried in his knotted muscles and the crushing power of his desires.

"You are fatigued," said madame, raising her glance as she knotted the money.