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 →

2) Twisted and tangled together. tree →

3) Tight and hard, like knotted muscles or a stomach tight from worry. tree →

4) (verb form) Tied something in a knot. tree →

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 →
• Her hair was knotted after swimming. tree →
• He knotted the rope to the tree. tree →
• We climbed the knotted rope in PE. tree →
• My stomach knotted before the test. tree →
• The old tree had a knotted trunk. tree →
• Finally, he found and drew forth a nicely plaited whip-thong with a red snapper all waxed and knotted. tree →

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.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «knotted» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.