knotted

UK /ˈnɒtɪd/ US /ˈnɑtɪd/

adj 4

Collocations

ADJ.

animal, bound, long, other, used

VERB + KNOTTED

hands, locks, rope, tie, untangle

KNOTTED + NOUN

cords, leather, nose, scourges

PREP.

between, until, with

ADV.

neatly, perfectly, securely, unmercifully

adj

Full of knots; knotty.

These men lashed themselves and each other unmercifully with knotted leather scourges until the blood ran, two or three times daily.

Tied in knots.

Tangled, tangly, knotty, entangled, matted, snarled, unkempt, or uncombed.

Having the shape or form of a knot.

Grey hairs straggled out from under her head-gear, which surrounded a dark face with bushy eyebrows and a long knotted nose.

adjective — used of old persons or old trees

These men lashed themselves and each other unmercifully with knotted leather scourges until the blood ran, two or three times daily.

Wiktionary

Grey hairs straggled out from under her head-gear, which surrounded a dark face with bushy eyebrows and a long knotted nose.

Wiktionary

To record something, they used knotted cords made of the wool of the llama or alpaca.

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If a piece of knotted string can unleash the wind, and if a drowned man can awaken, then I believe a broken man can heal.

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Tom knotted the rope securely.

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Man is a rope, knotted between animal and superman – a rope over an abyss.

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