knockdown vs sail

knockdown

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. 

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. 

verb
  • To employ the knockdown technique 

sail

noun
  • A piece of fabric attached to a boat and arranged such that it causes the wind to drive the boat along. The sail may be attached to the boat via a combination of mast, spars and ropes. 

  • Anything resembling a sail, such as a wing. 

  • A tower-like structure found on the dorsal (topside) surface of submarines. 

  • A sailfish. 

  • The blade of a windmill. 

  • The power harnessed by a sail or sails, or the use of this power for travel or transport. 

  • The conning tower of a submarine. 

  • The floating organ of siphonophores, such as the Portuguese man-of-war. 

  • an outward projection of the spine, occurring in certain dinosaurs and synapsids 

  • A trip in a boat, especially a sailboat. 

  • The concept of a sail or sails, as if a substance. 

verb
  • To move through or on the water; to swim, as a fish or a waterfowl. 

  • To set sail; to begin a voyage. 

  • To move briskly and gracefully through the air. 

  • To move briskly but sedately. 

  • To deal out (cards) from a distance by impelling them across a surface. 

  • To be impelled or driven forward by the action of wind upon sails, as a ship on water; to be impelled on a body of water by steam or other power. 

  • To ride in a boat, especially a sailboat. 

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