| Noun | 1. | bight - a loop in a ropeloop - anything with a round or oval shape (formed by a curve that is closed and does not intersect itself) | |
| 2. | bight - a bend or curve (especially in a coastline)bend, turn, crook - a circular segment of a curve; "a bend in the road"; "a crook in the path" | |
| 3. | bight - a broad bay formed by an indentation (a bight) in the shoreline; "the Bight of Benin"; "the Great Australian Bight"bay - an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf Bight of Benin - a broad indentation of the Gulf of Guinea in western Africa | |
| 4. | bight - the middle part of a slack rope (as distinguished from its ends)midpoint, centre, center - a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure | |
| Verb | 1. | bight - fasten with a bightfasten, fix, secure - cause to be firmly attached; "fasten the lock onto the door"; "she fixed her gaze on the man" | |