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Synonyms for knot

tighten

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tie the knot

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Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

Synonyms for knot

that which unites or binds

a number of individuals making up or considered a unit

something that is intricately and often bewilderingly complex

a part that protrudes or extends outward

an unevenness or elevation on a surface

a small raised area of skin resulting from a light blow or an insect sting, for example

to make fast or firmly fixed, as by means of a cord or rope

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Synonyms for knot

a tight cluster of people or things

a hard cross-grained round piece of wood in a board where a branch emerged

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something twisted and tight and swollen

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a unit of length used in navigation

soft lump or unevenness in a yarn

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a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere

tie or fasten into a knot

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Laboratory testing under DuPont (maker of Stren), combined with endless hours of staff testing in the field, yielded confidence in the strength of the knot: Equivalent to the breaking strength of the line itself, when tying monofilament straight to a hook or lure eye.
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Thus it is natural to ask if Dehn surgeries on a knot yielding 3-manifolds with non-left-orderable fundamental groups give L-spaces.