knockdown vs steep

knockdown

adj
  • reduced in price, originally to a price below which an article would not be sold by the auctioneer 

  • To be formed into a head by upsetting in fastening. 

  • powerful enough to overwhelm or knock down 

  • Capable of being taken apart for packing or removal. 

verb
  • To employ the knockdown technique 

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. 

steep

adj
  • expensive 

  • resulting in a mast or windshield angle that strongly diverges from the perpendicular 

  • Of a near-vertical gradient; of a slope, surface, curve, etc. that proceeds upward at an angle near vertical. 

verb
  • To imbue with something; to be deeply immersed in. 

  • To soak or wet thoroughly. 

noun
  • A rennet bag. 

  • The steep side of a mountain etc.; a slope or acclivity. 

  • A liquid used in a steeping process 

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