Adjective: knotted nó-tid
- Tied with a knot
"his carefully knotted necktie"
- (of persons or trees) twisted and rough with knobs or knots
"gnarled and knotted hands"; "gnarly and knotted hands"; "knotty and knotted hands";
- gnarled, gnarly, knotty, knobbed
- Tie or fasten into a knot
"knot the shoelaces"
- Make into knots; make knots out of
"She knotted her fingers"
- Make more complicated or confused
"The situation knotted as conflicting reports emerged";
- ravel, tangle
See also: crooked, fastened, tied
Type of: bind, enlace, entwine, interlace, intertwine, interwind, intwine [archaic], lace, make from scratch, tie, twine
Encyclopedia: Knot, Nancowry