Knots

v. tie; make knots; unite; fasten; entangle

n. rope (or string, etc.) that has been tied together to create a fastening; tangle; unit of speed which equals one nautical mile per hour (6076 feet per hour); bulge, lump, nodule (in wood, etc.); group, cluster; complicated problem

A knot is a unit of speed. The abbreviation preferred by maritime authorities in the USA, and Canada , as well as the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and the International Bureau of Weights and Measures is kn. The abbreviation kt is also in widespread use, sometimes with kts for the plural (knots). It is a non-SI unit accepted for use with the SI. It is used around the world in meteorology and for maritime and aviation purposes.
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Noun
1. a tight cluster of people or things; "a small knot of women listened to his sermon"
(hypernym) bunch, clump, cluster, clustering
2. any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object
(hypernym) fastener, fastening, holdfast, fixing
(hyponym) barrel knot, blood knot
3. a hard cross-grained round piece of wood in a board where a branch emerged; "the saw buckled when it hit a knot"
(hypernym) wood
(part-holonym) board, plank
4. 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"
(synonym) gnarl
(hypernym) distorted shape, distortion
(derivation) ravel, tangle
5. a unit of length used in navigation; equivalent to the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude; 1,852 meters
(synonym) nautical mile, mile, mi, naut mi, international nautical mile, air mile
(hypernym) nautical linear unit
6. soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or created by design
(synonym) slub, burl
(hypernym) roughness
7. a sandpiper that breeds in the arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere
(synonym) grayback, Calidris canutus
(hypernym) sandpiper
(member-holonym) Calidris, genus Calidris
Verb
1. make into knots; make knots out of; "She knotted der fingers"
(hypernym) create from raw material, create from raw stuff
(hyponym) macrame
(derivation) gnarl
2. tie or fasten into a knot; "knot the shoelaces"
(hypernym) tie, bind
3. tangle or complicate; "a ravelled story"
(synonym) ravel, tangle
(antonym) unravel, unknot, unscramble, untangle, unpick
(hypernym) intertwine, twine, entwine, enlace, interlace, lace
(derivation) gnarl

n. club, indian club, knobstick

n. knot, skein, clew

To dream of seeing knots, denotes much worry over the most trifling affairs. If your sweetheart notices another, you will immediately find cause to censure him.

To tie a knot, signifies an independent nature, and you will refuse to be nagged by ill-disposed lover or friend.