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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. Full of knots; having knots; knotty.
  2. Specifically — In botany, having a series of nodes, or nodelike swellings; jointed: said of stems, pods, etc.
  3. In zoology, having one or more swellings; nodose.
  4. Having intersecting figures; having lines or walks intersecting one another, marked with interlacings.
  5. In lithology, containing or characterized by knots.

Wiktionary

  1. v. Simple past tense and past participle of knot.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. adj. Full of knots; having knots; knurled.
  2. adj. Interwoven; matted; entangled.
  3. adj. Having intersecting lines or figures.
  4. adj. (Geol.) Characterized by small, detached points, chiefly composed of mica, less decomposable than the mass of the rock, and forming knots in relief on the weathered surface.
  5. adj. rare Entangled; puzzling; knotty.

WordNet 3.0

  1. adj. used of old persons or old trees; covered with knobs or knots
  2. adj. tied with a knot

Examples

  • “The muscles writhed and swelled over his back and shoulders, leapt up in knotted strands like leathery hawsers from his shoulders down to his raw and bleeding wrists; a convulsion of superhuman power swept over his torso like the shock of an earthquake.”

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  • “Francois Beauchemin knotted the score at 2-2 with a man-advantage goal 3: 37 into the final stanza for Hamilton, which bounced back from a 2-1 loss to the Rochester Americans on”

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  • “Michael Chin knotted the score at 2-2 with 3: 32 left in the second for Dayton, which is winless in its last five (0-4-1).”

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  • “Henrik Sedin knotted it when he put a shot from in front off”

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  • “Wallin knotted the score at 3-3 for Houston 3: 17 into the third.”

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  • “Saprykin knotted the contest 6 1/2 minutes later with a strong individual effort.”

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  • “In just his third game back from knee surgery, Bure netted a power-play tally less than two minutes after Steve Rucchin knotted the game 49 seconds into the third period, giving New”

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  • “Off to work every morning, clean shaven, youthful necks in knotted ties, days spent in unknown labors, home again at suppertime to take a critical glance at the evening meal and to shake out the newspaper, hold it up between themselves and the muddle of the kitchen, the ailments and emotions, the babies.”

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  • “a power-play goal at 4: 56 and Alexei Yashin knotted the score with a soft goal from the left faceoff circle.”

    NHL - National Hockey League - Calgary vs. N.Y. Islanders

  • “: Moody's expression knotted as he realized what she was”

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