camp vs knockdown

camp

noun
  • An outdoor place acting as temporary accommodation in tents or other temporary structures. 

  • A mound of earth in which potatoes and other vegetables are stored for protection against frost 

  • A prison. 

  • A base of a military group, not necessarily temporary. 

  • A single hut or shelter. 

  • The company or body of persons encamped. 

  • A group of people with the same strong ideals or political leanings. 

  • Campus 

  • A summer camp. 

  • An affected, exaggerated or intentionally tasteless style. 

  • The areas of the Falkland Islands situated outside the capital and largest settlement, Stanley. 

  • An organised event, often taking place in tents or temporary accommodation. 

  • An electoral constituency of the legislative assembly of the Falkland Islands that composes of all territory more than 3.5 miles from the spire of the Christ Church Cathedral in Stanley. 

verb
  • To set up a camp. 

  • To stay beside (something) to gain an advantage. 

  • To stay in an advantageous location. 

  • To live in a tent or similar temporary accommodation. 

  • To afford rest or lodging for. 

adj
  • Intentionally tasteless or vulgar, self-parodying. 

  • Ostentatiously effeminate. 

  • Theatrical; making exaggerated gestures. 

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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