embrace vs knockdown

embrace

noun
  • An enclosure partially or fully surrounding someone or something. 

  • Full acceptance (of something). 

  • An act of putting arms around someone and bringing the person close to the chest; a hug. 

  • An act of enfolding or including. 

verb
  • To clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection; to take in the arms; to hug. 

  • To encircle; to enclose, to encompass. 

  • To seize (something) eagerly or with alacrity; to accept or take up with cordiality; to welcome. 

  • To enfold, to include (ideas, principles, etc.); to encompass. 

  • To submit to; to undergo. 

knockdown

noun
  • A shelter erected for use as a temporary dressing room. 

  • The condition of a sailboat being pushed abruptly to horizontal, with the mast parallel to the water surface. 

  • An act of knocking down or the condition of being knocked down. 

  • A collection of parts required to assemble a product, typically manufactured in one region and exported elsewhere for assembly. 

  • a short pass played downwards, for example from the head onto someone's feet. 

  • A genetically modified organism that carries one or more genes in its chromosomes that have been made less active or had their expression reduced. 

  • The use of a reagent such as an oligonucleotide with sequence complementary to an active gene or its mRNA transcript, to interfere with the expression of said gene. 

  • An overwhelming blow. 

verb
  • To employ the knockdown technique 

adj
  • To be formed into a head by upsetting in fastening. 

  • reduced in price, originally to a price below which an article would not be sold by the auctioneer 

  • powerful enough to overwhelm or knock down 

  • Capable of being taken apart for packing or removal. 

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