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How to sign: any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object
Categories: fastener, fastening, fixing, holdfast
Within this category: barrel knot, bow, carrick bend, clove hitch, figure eight, fisherman's bend, fisherman's knot, Gordian knot, half hitch, hawser bend, hitch, loop knot, love knot, overhand knot, prolonge knot, sheepshank, slipknot, square knot, stopper knot, surgeon's knot, Turk's head
How to sign: something twisted and tight and swollen
"their muscles stood out in knots"; "the old man's fists were two great gnarls"; "his stomach was in knots";
Similiar / Same: gnarl
Categories: distorted shape, distortion
