A ship can sail with a speed of ten knots.
'Knot' is this case is being used nautically.
The Gordion Knot was untied by Alexander the great by cutting it with his sword.
'Knot' in this case is a jumble of cords or strings.
My shoelace has become tangled into a knot.
I am tying a Monkey's Fist knot.
She was asked to tie the rope in a knot.
The knot was not well-tied.Though I had not tied a fisherman's knot before, I managed to do one.The knot in my stomach was not from nerves, but from realizing I forgot my homework.
I would like to try my knife on that Gordian knot!
No. The word knot is a noun, meaning a twist in a rope. The unit of speed 'knot' means "nautical mile per hour."
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She was asked to tie the rope in a knot.
I tied a knot in the rope.
He connected the two ropes with a Fisherman's Knot.
That knot is a square knot. The kids of my day would describe a square as an 'L-7'. Meet me at the town square.
The knot was not well-tied.Though I had not tied a fisherman's knot before, I managed to do one.The knot in my stomach was not from nerves, but from realizing I forgot my homework.
That's not a good knot. Let's not increase our speed by another knot.
I would like to try my knife on that Gordian knot!
The English word knot derives from a Proto-Germanic word, via the Old English language.
Knot is a noun. Some example sentences are: He tied his shoe laces in a knot. The slip knot is only one of the knots he learned in Boy Scouts. My stomach got in a knot when I heard the news.
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To 're-marry' is to tie a new knot...
I/you/we/they knot. He/she/it knots. The present participle is knotting.