adapt vs knockdown

adapt

adj
  • Adapted; fit; suited; suitable. 

verb
  • To make suitable; to make to correspond; to fit or suit 

  • To fit by alteration; to modify or remodel for a different purpose; to adjust 

  • To make by altering or fitting something else; to produce by change of form or character 

  • To make oneself comfortable to a new thing. 

knockdown

adj
  • Capable of being taken apart for packing or removal. 

  • 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 

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

  • 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 

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