knockdown vs slant

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. 

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. 

slant

noun
  • An oblique movement or course. 

  • A run: a heading driven diagonally between the dip and strike of a coal seam. 

  • A palette or similar container with slants or sloping depressions. 

  • A crime committed for the purpose of being apprehended and transported to a major settlement. 

  • A point of view, an angle. 

  • A look, a glance. 

  • An opportunity, particularly to go somewhere. 

  • A depression on a palette with a sloping bottom for holding and mixing watercolours. 

  • A person with slanting eyes, particularly an East Asian. 

  • A sloped surface or line. 

  • A pan with a sloped bottom used for holding paintbrushes. 

  • A slope; an incline, inclination. 

  • A sloping surface in a culture medium. 

  • Synonym of slash ⟨ / ⟩, particularly in its use to set off pronunciations from other text. 

adj
  • Sloping; oblique; slanted. 

verb
  • To lean, tilt or incline. 

  • To bias or skew. 

  • To lie or exaggerate. 

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