bight

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I - noun

1. a loop in a rope
• Hypernyms:
loop
2. a bend or curve (especially in a coastline)
• Hypernyms:
bend, crook, twist, turn
3. a broad bay formed by an indentation in the shoreline
- the Bight of Benin
- the Great Australian Bight
• Hypernyms:
bay, embayment
• Instance Hyponyms:
Bight of Benin, Great Australian Bight
4. the middle part of a slack rope (as distinguished from its ends)
• Hypernyms:
center, centre, midpoint
• Part Holonyms:
rope

II - verb

fasten with a bight
• Hypernyms:
fasten, fix, secure
• Verb Frames:
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