knotted
- adjective
- /ˈnɑːtɪd/
- The artist's work featured a knotted sculpture made from intertwined pieces of wood.
It's a bit like having a place of tension in our body, a knotted up muscle.
- It's a bit like having a place of tension in our body, a knotted up muscle.
- So it's like the knotted ropes going over beamed down, not very high.
- Now in the old days they would use a knotted rope or a chain with links and you could determine the length of the chain by the number of links.
Examples
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Now in the old days they would use a knotted rope or a chain with links and you could determine the length of the chain by the number of links.
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Although the Inca had no writing, they used a complex system of knotted strings called kippur to record numbers and perhaps other information.
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It's a bit like having a place of tension in our body, a knotted up muscle.
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So it's like the knotted ropes going over beamed down, not very high.
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Don't brush your hair until it gets so knotted that you have to shave it off.
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As I said, doing more knots, even more knots until we're knotted to the gods.
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So I mean ribbons, bows, knotted headbands, fake bandana headbands, hard headbands with the bow on it, just anything like that would be very fun and girly for school.
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She tied the bundle securely with a knotted rope to ensure it wouldn't come apart.
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He carefully examined the knotted string before attempting to untangle it.
Synonyms
Twisted together in a messy mass that is hard to separate
Tied tightly with rope or string so arms and legs cannot move
Tangled into messy knots that are hard to separate
Compounds
How Knotted
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Knotted comes from the simple word knot, which goes back to an old English word cnott meaning 'knot' or 'tie'. So, to be knotted is to be 'tied' into one or more knots, which fits everyday uses like a knotted rope or scarf.