KNOT

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knot¹ I. substantiv

1. nod;

to tie a knot a face un nod;

to untie / to undo a knot a desface un nod;

to make / to tie a knot in a piece of string a înnoda un fir de aţă, a face un nod într-un fir de aţă;

(fam.) to tie a knot in one's handkerchief a face nod la batistă (spre a nu uita ceva);

(mar.) fisherman's knot nod pescăresc;

running / slip knot nod mobil;

knot of hair conci, coc.

2. (mar.) nod (numărul de mile parcurs de o navă într-o oră);

(despre o navă) to make 10 knots a merge cu 10 noduri;

ship capable of 20 knots at the most navă care poate atinge o iuţeală de cel mult 20 de noduri.

3. (fig.) nod (al unei probleme etc.).

4. unire, legătură;

marriage knot legătură conjugală;

(fam.) (despre preot) to tie the knot a oficia slujba cununiei.

5. (med.) nod (al unui ligament, etc.); nodozitate (artritică etc.); nodul.

6. (bot.) nod, excrescenţă (în punctul de ramificaţie al unei crăci).

7. nod (la o scândură).

8. (geol.) concreţiune, nodul.

9. grup, ceată, pumn (de oameni); grup (de obiecte);

knot of trees pâlc de arbori;

they stood in a knot at the door stăteau în grup la uşa.

10. (electr ) buclă.

11. (poligr.) aglomerări; noduri.

knot¹ II. verb A. tranzitiv

1. a înnoda; a face un nod / noduri în / la; a lega;

to knot two ropes a lega două frânghii.

2. (fig.) a încâlci, a încurca.

3. a încrunta din (sprâncene).

4. a face, a executa (ciucuri, canafuri).

knot¹II. verb B. intranzitiv

a se încurca, a se încâlci, a face noduri.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

In releasing the lady, the cord had been slipped off her, but the knots with which it had been secured still remained.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

As he reached the corner of Goodge Street, a row broke out between this stranger and a little knot of roughs.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

And still you struggle in my grip. You kick with your legs. Your body draws itself up in knots like a snake’s.

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

The grizzled archer thus addressed took several lengths of rope from his comrades, and knotting them firmly together, he stretched them out in the long shadow which the rising sun threw from the frowning keep.

(The White Company, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

She always watched them as long as she could, delighted to fancy she understood what they might be talking of, as they walked along in happy independence, or equally delighted to see the Admiral's hearty shake of the hand when he encountered an old friend, and observe their eagerness of conversation when occasionally forming into a little knot of the navy, Mrs Croft looking as intelligent and keen as any of the officers around her.

(Persuasion, de Jane Austen)

But give me leave to ask you, Mr. What's-your-name; and here Mr. Creakle folded his arms, cane and all, upon his chest, and made such a knot of his brows that his little eyes were hardly visible below them; whether, when you talk about favourites, you showed proper respect to me?

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

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