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# knotted

«knotted» in Mova's school dictionary: **Tied in a knot or having knots** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (knotted); verb form (past of «knot»: knot, knots, knotted, knotting)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Tied in a knot or having knots. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/knotted/#m1)

2) Twisted and tangled together. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/knotted/#m2)

3) Tight and hard, like knotted muscles or a stomach tight from worry. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/knotted/#m3)

4) (verb form) Tied something in a knot. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/knotted/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life: knotted shoelaces, knotted hair after the wind, a knotted rope for climbing. In stories, «her stomach knotted» shows fear or worry. Safety: in water sports and camping you learn proper knots. Phrases: «knotted rope», «knotted hair», «tightly knotted».

### examples

- My shoelaces were knotted and I couldn't undo them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/knotted/#x1)
- Her hair was knotted after swimming. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/knotted/#x2)
- He knotted the rope to the tree. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/knotted/#x3)
- We climbed the knotted rope in PE. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/knotted/#x4)
- My stomach knotted before the test. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/knotted/#x5)
- The old tree had a knotted trunk. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/knotted/#x6)
- Finally, he found and drew forth a nicely plaited whip-thong with a red snapper all waxed and knotted. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/knotted/#x7)

### note

Past form of «knot» with double «t». The «k» is silent: «NOT-id». Do not confuse with «not».

### In the corpora

- [They had no writing as we know it, but kept records with knotted strings called quipu.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/19-the-aztecs-and-the-inca/5/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «knotted» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/knotted/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.