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 employ the knockdown technique
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.
A slant of some other part of a watercraft (such as a funnel or mast) away from the perpendicular, usually towards the stern.
A series, a succession; specifically (rail transport) a set of coupled rail vehicles, normally coaches or wagons.
The sloped edge of a roof at or adjacent to the first or last rafter.
In full, angle of rake or rake angle: the angle between the edge or face of a tool (especially a cutting tool) and a plane (usually one perpendicular to the object that the tool is being applied to).
A lot, plenty.
A fissure or mineral vein of ore traversing the strata vertically, or nearly so.
A tool with a straight edge at the end used by a croupier to move chips or money across a gaming table.
A divergence from the horizontal or perpendicular; a slant, a slope.
A slant that causes the bow or stern of a watercraft to extend beyond the keel; also, the upper part of the bow or stern that extends beyond the keel.
A garden tool with a row of pointed teeth fixed to a long handle, used for collecting debris, grass, etc., for flattening the ground, or for loosening soil; also, a similar wheel-mounted tool drawn by a horse or a tractor.
A similarly shaped tool used for other purposes.
A person (usually a man) who is stylish but habituated to hedonistic and immoral conduct.
A share of profits, takings, etc., especially if obtained illegally; specifically (gambling) the scaled commission fee taken by a cardroom operating a poker game.
The direction of slip during the movement of a fault, measured within the fault plane.
The act of raking.
In cellular automata: a puffer that emits a stream of spaceships rather than a trail of debris.
A course, a path, especially a narrow and steep path or route up a hillside.
Rate of progress; pace, speed.
Followed by up: to bring up or uncover (something), as embarrassing information, past misdeeds, etc.
To move swiftly; to proceed rapidly.
Of a bird of prey: to fly after a quarry; also, to fly away from the falconer, to go wide of the quarry being pursued.
To move (a beam of light, a glance with the eyes, etc.) across (something) with a long side-to-side motion; specifically (often military) to use a weapon to fire at (something) with a side-to-side motion; to spray with gunfire.
To search through (thoroughly).
To cover (something) by or as if by raking things over it.
To act upon with a rake, or as if with a rake.
To incline (something) from a perpendicular direction.
To provide (the bow or stern of a watercraft) with a rake (“a slant that causes it to extend beyond the keel”).
Of a watercraft: to have a rake at its bow or stern.
To fire upon an enemy vessel from a position in line with its bow or stern, causing one's fire to travel through the length of the enemy vessel for maximum damage.
Often followed by in: to gather (things which are apart) together, especially quickly.
To claw at; to scrape, to scratch; followed by away: to erase, to obliterate.
Often followed by an adverb or preposition such as away, off, out, etc.: to drag or pull in a certain direction.