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.
Any point of sail in which the wind comes from the side of a vessel, excluding close-hauled.
The act of stretching or extending; extension.
A stretch of a watercourse which can be sailed in one reach (in the previous sense). An extended portion of water; a stretch; a straightish portion of a stream, river, or arm of the sea extending up into the land, as from one turn to another. By extension, the adjacent land.
An extended portion or area of land or water.
Extent; stretch; expanse; hence, application; influence; result; scope.
The pole or rod connecting the rear axle with the forward bolster of a wagon.
A level stretch of a watercourse, as between rapids in a river or locks in a canal. (examples?)
The power of stretching out or extending action, influence, or the like; power of attainment or management; extent of force or capacity.
The distance a boxer's arm can extend to land a blow.
The distance traversed between tacks.
The ability to reach or touch with the person, a limb, or something held or thrown.
An exaggeration; an extension beyond evidence or normal; a stretch.
To continue living until or up to (a certain age).
To arrive at a particular destination.
To stretch out the hand.
To arrive at a particular destination, especially to join someone; to meet up.
To strain after something; to make (sometimes futile or pretentious) efforts.
To extend to; to stretch out as far as; to touch by virtue of extent.
To make contact with.
To connect with (someone) on an emotional level, making them receptive of (one); to get through to (someone).
To sail on the wind, as from one point of tacking to another, or with the wind nearly abeam.
To arrive at (a place) by effort of any kind.
To attain or obtain by stretching forth the hand; to extend some part of the body, or something held, so as to touch, strike, grasp, etc.
To extend an action, effort, or influence to; to penetrate to; to pierce, or cut.
To strike or touch.
To give to someone by stretching out a limb, especially the hand; to give with the hand; to pass to another person; to hand over.
To extend, stretch, or thrust out (for example a limb or object held in the hand).
To extend in dimension, time etc.; to stretch out continuously (past, beyond, above, from etc. something).