Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun bight

4 senses of bight

Sense 1
bight -- (a loop in a rope)
       => loop -- (anything with a round or oval shape (formed by a curve that is closed and does not intersect itself))

Sense 2
bight -- (a bend or curve (especially in a coastline))
       => bend, crook, twist, turn -- (a circular segment of a curve; "a bend in the road"; "a crook in the path")

Sense 3
bight -- (a broad bay formed by an indentation in the shoreline; "the Bight of Benin"; "the Great Australian Bight")
       => bay, embayment -- (an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf)

Sense 4
bight -- (the middle part of a slack rope (as distinguished from its ends))
       => center, centre, midpoint -- (a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb bight

1 sense of bight

Sense 1
bight -- (fasten with a bight)
       => fasten, fix, secure -- (cause to be firmly attached; "fasten the lock onto the door"; "she fixed her gaze on the man")