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knotted

knotted

1.9
Tied so rope or cloth ends hold together
  • adjective
  • /ˈnɑːtɪd/
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  • 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.

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Examples

  • 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.

  • Although the Inca had no writing, they used a complex system of knotted strings called kippur to record numbers and perhaps other information.

  • 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.

  • Don't brush your hair until it gets so knotted that you have to shave it off.

  • As I said, doing more knots, even more knots until we're knotted to the gods.

  • 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.

  • She tied the bundle securely with a knotted rope to ensure it wouldn't come apart.

  • He carefully examined the knotted string before attempting to untangle it.

Synonyms

tangled
vsknotted
7 3.3

Twisted together in a messy mass that is hard to separate

means fastening into knots rather than merely becoming messy
tied
vsknotted
1.0

Fastened with string or rope

focuses on fastening specifically by making knots
trussed
vsknotted
8.1

Tied tightly with rope or string so arms and legs cannot move

is general knot fastening, not necessarily tight or limb-focused
snarled
vsknotted
5.7

Tangled into messy knots that are hard to separate

refers to deliberate knot formation rather than accidental tangles

Compounds

A small herb with a strong smell and clustered leaves used in cooking

How Knotted

tangled
4 6.8
knotted
1.9
tied
1.0
untied
7 1.0

Surface Forms

knotted positive

Morphology

knotted = knot (transparent) = knot + ed

A regular past-participle/adjectival formation from the verb 'knot', meaning 'tied' or 'having knots'.

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.