knockdown vs save

knockdown

noun
  • a short pass played downwards, for example from the head onto someone's feet. 

  • 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 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 

save

noun
  • An action that brings one back out of an awkward situation. 

  • The act, process, or result of saving data to a storage medium. 

  • A saving throw. 

  • A successful attempt by a relief pitcher to preserve the win of another pitcher on one's team. 

  • In various sports, a block that prevents an opponent from scoring. 

  • An instance of preventing (further) harm or difficulty. 

  • A point in a professional wrestling match when one or more wrestlers run to the ring to aid a fellow wrestler who is being beaten. 

verb
  • To keep (something) safe; to safeguard. 

  • To spare (somebody) from effort, or from something undesirable. 

  • To redeem or protect someone from eternal damnation. 

  • To obviate or make unnecessary. 

  • To catch or deflect (a shot at goal). 

  • To store for future use. 

  • To economize or avoid waste. 

  • To preserve, as a relief pitcher, (a win of another pitcher's on one's team) by defending the lead held when the other pitcher left the game. 

  • To write a file to disk or other storage medium. 

  • To refrain from romantic or (especially in later use) sexual relationships until one is married or is with a suitable partner. 

  • To help (somebody) to survive, or rescue (somebody or something) from harm. 

  • To conserve or prevent the wasting of. 

  • To accumulate money or valuables. 

conj
  • unless; except 

prep
  • Except; with the exception of. 

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