knockdown vs shed

knockdown

noun
  • A shelter erected for use as a temporary dressing room. 

  • 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 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. 

verb
  • To employ the knockdown technique 

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. 

shed

noun
  • A large temporary open structure for reception of goods. 

  • An automobile which is old, worn-out, slow, or otherwise of poor quality. 

  • An area between upper and lower warp yarns through which the weft is woven. 

  • A British Rail Class 66 locomotive. 

  • A slight or temporary structure built to shade or shelter something; a structure usually open in front; an outbuilding; a hut. 

  • A unit of area equivalent to 10⁻⁵² square meters; used in nuclear physics 

verb
  • to woodshed 

  • To radiate, cast, give off (light); see also shed light on. 

  • To sprinkle; to intersperse; to cover. 

  • To divide, as the warp threads, so as to form a shed, or passageway, for the shuttle. 

  • To part with, separate from, leave off; cast off, let fall, be divested of. 

  • To allow to flow or fall. 

  • To place or allocate a vehicle, such as a locomotive, in or to a depot or shed. 

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