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Knotting

To form into a knot; to tie with a knot or knots.

📖 Definitions of "Knotting"

verb

1
To form into a knot; to tie with a knot or knots.
"We knotted the ends of the rope to keep it from unravelling."
2
To form wrinkles in the forehead, as a sign of concentration, concern, surprise, etc.
"She knotted her brow in concentration while attempting to unravel the tangled strands."
3
To unite closely; to knit together.
4
To entangle or perplex; to puzzle.

noun

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
knotty	(figuratively) Complicated or tricky; complex, difficult.
gnarled	Made rough by age or hard work.
gnarly	(slang, dated) Excellent; attractive.
knobbed	Having a knob or knobs.
crooked	Not straight; having one or more bends or angles.
snarly	Given to snarling or growling.
tied	(sports or games) That resulted in a tie.
fastened	firmly closed or secured
snarled	tangled in knots or snarls
tangled	Mixed up, interlaced.
intracorporeal	Inside the body.
intracardiac	(anatomy) Inside the heart.
knottednessnoun	(mathematics) The condition of being knotted
knot theorynoun	(mathematics) A branch of topology dealing with knots.
knotfulnoun	Full of knots; knotty.
beknottednessnoun	(mathematics) The measure or degree to which a knot is complicated, i.e., a knot's complexity; the number of times that it is necessary to pass one part of the curve of the knot projected upon a plane through another in order to untie the knot.
slice knotnoun	(mathematics) A mathematical knot in three-dimensional space that bounds a disc in four-dimensional space.
linknoun	A connection between places, people, events, things, or ideas.
knotoidnoun	A form of knot diagram whose underlying curve is a segment rather than a circle.
conway knotnoun	(mathematics) A particular knot with 11 crossings, related by mutation to the Kinoshita-Terasaka knot.