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knoop — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • button noun A small disc sewn onto clothing and pushed through a hole to fasten it.
  • gall noun Bold, brazen nerve; shameless audacity.
  • knot noun A fastening made by looping and tightening a piece of string, rope, or similar material.
  • snarl verb To growl and bare the teeth angrily, as an animal does.
  • vertex noun A point where two or more lines, edges or curves meet; a corner of a shape or angle.

Senses

knoop is used for these senses in English:

  • button (clothing) A knob or disc that is passed through a loop or (buttonhole), serving as a fastener. [from mid-13th c.]
  • button A mechanical device designed to be pressed with a finger in order to open or close an electric circuit or to activate a mechanism.
  • gall A bump-like imperfection resembling a gall.
  • knot A looping of a piece of string or of any other long, flexible material that cannot be untangled without passing one or both ends of the material through its loops.
  • knot A tangled clump of hair or similar.
  • snarl A knot or complication of hair, thread, or the like, difficult to disentangle.
  • vertex (graph theory) One of the elements of a graph joined or not by edges to other vertices.

button — full definition

  1. noun A small disc sewn onto clothing and pushed through a hole to fasten it.
  2. noun A small device pressed with a finger to operate a machine, switch, or on-screen control.
  3. noun A small pin-on badge worn on clothing.
  4. verb To fasten with buttons.

gall — full definition

  1. noun Bold, brazen nerve; shameless audacity.
  2. verb To irritate or annoy someone deeply.
  3. noun Bile, the bitter fluid produced by the liver.
  4. noun A sore patch on the skin caused by rubbing or chafing.
  5. noun A lump or growth on a plant, often caused by an insect laying eggs inside it.

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