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2 | 46% | 3 | Where you might be steaming happy, not steaming mad | |
3 | 24% | 8 | Tie-up space for a cargo ship | |
Speed Of Ship Steaming To Tie Up Crossword Clue
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We think the answer is "KNOT" which means:
- noun
- • A tight cluster of people or things
- • Any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object
- • A hard cross-grained round piece of wood in a board where a branch emerged
- • (of ships and wind) a unit of speed equal to one nautical mile per hour or about 1.15 statute miles per hour
- • Something twisted and tight and swollen
- • Soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or created by design
- • A sandpiper that breeds in the arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere verb
- • Make into knots; make knots out of
- • Tie or fasten into a knot
- • Tangle or complicate
An example sentence would be:
- • "He tied a knot in the rope to secure it."
- • "The sailor expertly tied the knot."
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