knockdown vs peak

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. 

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. 

The upper aftermost corner of a fore-and-aft sail. 

The highest value reached by some quantity in a time period. 

A point; the sharp end or top of anything that terminates in a point; as, the peak, or front, of a cap. 

The top, or one of the tops, of a hill, mountain, or range, ending in a point. 

The extremity of an anchor fluke; the bill. 

The whole hill or mountain, especially when isolated. 

The narrow part of a vessel's bow, or the hold within it. 

A local maximum of a function, e.g. for sine waves, each point at which the value of y is at its maximum. 

To reach a highest degree or maximum. 

To pry; to peep slyly. 

To rise or extend into a peak or point; to form, or appear as, a peak. 

To raise the point of (a gaff) closer to perpendicular. 

To cause to adopt gender-critical or trans-exclusionary views (ellipsis of peak trans). 

To acquire sharpness of figure or features; hence, to look thin or sickly. 

To become sick or wan.