"knurl" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /nɜːl/ [UK], /nɝl/ [US] Audio: en-us-knurl.ogg Forms: knurls [plural]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)l Etymology: From knur + -le (“diminutive”), from Middle English knarre (“knot in wood”), earlier sense “a stone”, likely influenced by Old Norse knǫrr. gnarl is a later variant, from gnarled, via knurled. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|knur|le|t2=diminutive}} knur + -le (“diminutive”), {{der|en|enm|knarre||knot in wood}} Middle English knarre (“knot in wood”), {{der|en|non|knǫrr}} Old Norse knǫrr Head templates: {{en-noun}} knurl (plural knurls)
  1. A contorted knot in wood. Translations (contorted knot in wood): чвор (čvor) [masculine] (Bulgarian)
    Sense id: en-knurl-en-noun-TaSN9pHq Disambiguation of 'contorted knot in wood': 99 0 1
  2. A crossgrained protuberance; a nodule; a boss or projection.
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  3. A lined or crossgrained pattern of ridges or indentations rolled or pressed into a part for grip. Translations (grip pattern): pyällys (Finnish), moletage [masculine] (French), Rändelung [feminine] (German), Riffelung [feminine] (German), нарецкување (nareckuvanje) [neuter] (Macedonian), radełkowanie [neuter] (Polish), moletowanie [neuter] (Polish), ryflowanie [neuter] (Polish), нака́тка (nakátka) [feminine] (Russian), nareckivanje [neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), radlovanje [neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), rovašenje [neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), räffla [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-knurl-en-noun-2BKA6~wC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -le, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 32 38 26 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -le: 9 29 32 30 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 8 30 33 29 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 4 32 36 28 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 35 35 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 8 34 32 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 8 34 32 27 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 8 31 31 31 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 8 34 31 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 8 34 32 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 10 31 31 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 6 34 32 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 8 34 32 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 7 34 32 27 Disambiguation of 'grip pattern': 0 0 100

Verb

IPA: /nɜːl/ [UK], /nɝl/ [US] Audio: en-us-knurl.ogg Forms: knurls [present, singular, third-person], knurling [participle, present], knurled [participle, past], knurled [past]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)l Etymology: From knur + -le (“diminutive”), from Middle English knarre (“knot in wood”), earlier sense “a stone”, likely influenced by Old Norse knǫrr. gnarl is a later variant, from gnarled, via knurled. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|knur|le|t2=diminutive}} knur + -le (“diminutive”), {{der|en|enm|knarre||knot in wood}} Middle English knarre (“knot in wood”), {{der|en|non|knǫrr}} Old Norse knǫrr Head templates: {{en-verb}} knurl (third-person singular simple present knurls, present participle knurling, simple past and past participle knurled)
  1. To roll or press a pattern of ridges or indentations into a part for grip.
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Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "4": "",
        "5": "knot in wood"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "3": "knǫrr"
      },
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        "A contorted knot in wood."
      ],
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        ],
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        ]
      ]
    },
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      "glosses": [
        "A crossgrained protuberance; a nodule; a boss or projection."
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        "A lined or crossgrained pattern of ridges or indentations rolled or pressed into a part for grip."
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          "grip",
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "čvor",
      "sense": "contorted knot in wood",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "чвор"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "grip pattern",
      "word": "pyällys"
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      "sense": "grip pattern",
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "grip pattern",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Rändelung"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "grip pattern",
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        "feminine"
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      "word": "Riffelung"
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      "code": "mk",
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      "roman": "nareckuvanje",
      "sense": "grip pattern",
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "grip pattern",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "radełkowanie"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "grip pattern",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "grip pattern",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ryflowanie"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nakátka",
      "sense": "grip pattern",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "нака́тка"
    },
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      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "grip pattern",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "nareckivanje"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "grip pattern",
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        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "radlovanje"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "grip pattern",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "rovašenje"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "grip pattern",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "räffla"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "knurling"
  ],
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}

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        "To roll or press a pattern of ridges or indentations into a part for grip."
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