Knob - English meaning

noun

A solid or hollow spherical or egg-shaped object that is kicked, thrown, or hit in a game.

Usage examples:

A cricket ball

verb

(in cricket) a delivery of the ball by the bowler to the batsman.

Usage examples:

His half century came off only forty balls

noun

A formal social gathering for dancing.

Usage examples:

Anne danced with the captain at a fancy-dress ball

noun

A person who is in charge of a worker, group, or organization.

Usage examples:

I asked my boss for a promotion

verb

Give (someone) orders in a domineering manner.

Usage examples:

He does not like being bossed around

adjective

Excellent; outstanding.

Usage examples:

That was a real boss move on his part

noun

A rounded swelling which distorts an otherwise flat surface.

Usage examples:

The telltale bulge of a concealed weapon

verb

Swell or protrude to an incongruous extent.

Usage examples:

The veins in his neck bulged

noun

A light blow or a jolting collision.

Usage examples:

A nasty bump on the head

verb

Knock or run into someone or something with a jolt.

Usage examples:

I almost bumped into him

verb

An impact (as from a collision)

noun

A severe abscess or multiple boil in the skin, typically infected with staphylococcus bacteria.

Usage examples:

It can be made into a salve or the tincture can be painted on boils, felons, carbuncles, abscesses,…

noun

A large painful swelling under the skin

noun

A distinct outgrowth on a body or plant, resulting from disease or abnormality.

Usage examples:

The males often have a strange excrescence on the tip of the snout

noun

An unusual growth on an animal or one of its organs, or on a plant

Usage examples:

Adult males sometimes have a strange excrescence on the tip of their snouts., no nodular excrescenc…

noun

A rough, knotty protuberance, especially on a tree.

Usage examples:

A blackthorn topped with a two-humped gnarl

noun

A rough or twisted lump on a tree or piece of wood

Usage examples:

The boy stared at the notches and gnarls in the trunk of the oak.

noun

The process of increasing in size.

Usage examples:

The upward growth of plants

noun

The process of developing or of increasing in size

Usage examples:

[ u ] plant growth is most noticeable in spring., [ u ] his budget is designed to promote economic …

noun

An increase in the ability of an economy or business to produce goods and services

Usage examples:

The growth of the indian economy, we have had three successive years of economic growth., growth ra…

noun

A knob, especially an ornamental one, for example in the stem of a wine glass.

Usage examples:

The stem may be straight or with swellings called knops.

noun

A fastening made by looping a piece of string, rope, or something similar on itself and tightening it.

Usage examples:

Tie a knot at the end of the cord

verb

Fasten with a knot.

Usage examples:

The scarves were knotted loosely around their throats

noun

A small, relatively short-billed sandpiper, with a reddish-brown or blackish breast in the breeding season.

Usage examples:

You can see red knots, dunlins, and sandpipers as they rest and forage for food on the beaches, usi…

noun

A compact mass of a substance, especially one without a definite or regular shape.

Usage examples:

There was a lump of ice floating in the milk

verb

Put in an indiscriminate mass or group; treat as alike without regard for particulars.

Usage examples:

Hong kong and bangkok tend to be lumped together in holiday brochures

verb

Accept or tolerate a disagreeable situation whether one likes it or not.

Usage examples:

You can like it or lump it but i've got to work

noun

A point in a network or diagram at which lines or pathways intersect or branch.

Usage examples:

The intersections of two or more such arteries would clearly become major nodes of traffic and urba…

noun

A place where a leaf and stem join on a plant

Usage examples:

A leaf node, new plants may emerge from each node on a stem.

noun

A place where things such as lines or systems join

Usage examples:

A network is a series of points or nodes interconnected by communication paths., instead of creatin…

noun

A small swelling or aggregation of cells in the body, especially an abnormal one.

Usage examples:

The area feels firm but has irregular nodules which can be painful to touch

noun

A small raised area or swelling

Usage examples:

There was a soft nodule on my vocal cord.

noun

The crux or central point of a matter.

Usage examples:

The nub of the problem lies elsewhere

noun

The most important or basic part of something

Usage examples:

What do you think is the nub of the problem?

noun

A small knob or lump.

Usage examples:

She had on a kind of dirty-pink - beige maybe, i don't know - bathing suit with a little nubble all…

noun

A small lump of gold or other precious metal found ready-formed in the earth.

Usage examples:

At one time, large nuggets of gold could be found lying on the earth's surface.

noun

A small, rough lump, esp. of gold

Usage examples:

A gold nugget

noun

Something that grows out of something else.

Usage examples:

The eye first appears as an outgrowth from the brain

verb

Touch quickly and gently with the flat of the hand.

Usage examples:

He patted him consolingly on the shoulder

noun

A quick, light touch with the hand.

Usage examples:

Giving him a friendly pat on the arm, she went off to join the others

adjective

Simple and somewhat glib or unconvincing.

Usage examples:

There are no pat answers to these questions

noun

An estimate or forecast of a future situation based on a study of present trends.

Usage examples:

Plans based on projections of slow but positive growth

noun

Something that protrudes; a protuberance.

Usage examples:

A protrusion of rock jutted from the mountainside

noun

Something that sticks out from a surface, or the act of doing this

Usage examples:

It has a series of protrusions along its back., the condition results in weight loss, rapid heart b…

noun

A thing that protrudes from something else.

Usage examples:

Some dinosaurs evolved protuberances on top of their heads

noun

Something that sticks out from a surface

Usage examples:

If the plant has been infected you will see dark protuberances along the stems., bunions are bony p…

noun

A large-headed piece of metal that pierces and projects from a surface, especially for decoration.

Usage examples:

The shape of the headrest follows zulu style, but brightly coloured plastics, insulation tape and m…

verb

Decorate or augment (something) with many studs or similar small objects.

Usage examples:

A dagger studded with precious diamonds

noun

An establishment where horses or other domesticated animals are kept for breeding.

Usage examples:

A stud farm

noun

An abnormal enlargement of a part of the body, typically as a result of an accumulation of fluid.

Usage examples:

Painless swellings may appear in the lower abdomen

adjective

Becoming greater in intensity, number, amount, or volume.

Usage examples:

The swelling ranks of irish singer-songwriters

verb

(especially of a part of the body) become larger or rounder in size, typically as a result of an accumulation of fluid.

Usage examples:

Her bruised knee was already swelling up

noun

The quality of being swollen, or a swollen part of the body, especially caused by sexual excitement

Usage examples:

Erectile dysfunction can mean less tumescence as well as the complete absence of an erection., in t…

noun

A swelling of a part of the body, generally without inflammation, caused by an abnormal growth of tissue, whether benign or malignant.

Usage examples:

She underwent six months of chemotherapy to try to shrink the tumour

noun

A mass of diseased cells that might become a lump or cause illness

Usage examples:

They found a malignant tumour in her breast., a benign tumour, a brain tumour

noun

The central boss of a shield.

Usage examples:

The nearly spherical cones have eight to 10 scales, each looking like a shield with a central proje…