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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

bight
    n 1: a loop in a rope
    2: a bend or curve (especially in a coastline)
    3: a broad bay formed by an indentation in the shoreline; "the
       Bight of Benin"; "the Great Australian Bight"
    4: the middle part of a slack rope (as distinguished from its
       ends)
    v 1: fasten with a bight

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Bight \Bight\ (b[imac]t), n. [OE. bi[yogh]t a bending; cf. Sw. &
   Dan. bugt bend, bay; fr. AS. byht, fr. b[=u]gan. [root]88.
   Cf. Bout, Bought a bend, and see Bow, v.]
   1. A corner, bend, or angle; a hollow; as, the bight of a
      horse's knee; the bight of an elbow.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. (Geog.) A bend in a coast forming an open bay; as, the
      Bight of Benin.
      [1913 Webster]

   3. (Naut.) The double part of a rope when folded, in
      distinction from the ends; that is, a round, bend, or coil
      not including the ends; a loop.
      [1913 Webster]

Thesaurus Results for Bight:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

L, angle, apex, arm, armlet, bay, bayou, belt, bend, bifurcation, boca, cant, chevron, coin, corner, cove, crank, creek, crook, crotchet, deflection, dogleg, elbow, ell, estuary, euripus, fjord, fork, frith, furcation, gulf, gut, harbor, hook, inflection, inlet, knee, kyle, loch, mouth, narrow, narrow seas, narrows, natural harbor, nook, point, quoin, reach, road, roads, roadstead, slough, sound, strait, straits, swerve, veer, vertex, zag, zig, zigzag

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