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bight
 
Noun bight has 4 senses
  1. bight - a loop in a rope
    --1 is a kind of     loop
    Derived form: verb bight1
  2. bight - a bend or curve (especially in a coastline)
    --2 is a kind of     bend, crook, turn
  3. bight - a broad bay formed by an indentation (a bight) in the shoreline; "the Bight of Benin"; "the Great Australian Bight"
    --3 is a kind of     bay
    --3 has particulars: Bight of Benin; Great Australian Bight
  4. bight - the middle part of a slack rope (as distinguished from its ends)
    --4 is a kind of     center, centre, midpoint
    --4 is a part of rope
Verb bight has 1 sense
  1. bight - fasten with a bight
    --1 is one way to     fasten, fix, secure
    Derived form: noun bight1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
bighead bigheaded bighearted bigheartedness bighole bighorn bighorn river bighorn sheep bight bight of benin biginer bigmouthed bignds bigness bignona bignonia bignonia capreolata

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