knockdown vs swerve

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. 

swerve

noun
  • A sudden movement out of a straight line, for example to avoid a collision. 

  • A deviation from duty or custom. 

verb
  • To bend; to incline; to give way. 

  • To go out of a straight line; to deflect. 

  • To wander from any line prescribed, or from a rule or duty; to depart from what is established by law, duty, custom, or the like; to deviate. 

  • Of a projectile, to travel in a curved line 

  • To climb or move upward by winding or turning. 

  • To go out of one's way to avoid; to snub. 

  • To turn aside or deviate to avoid impact. 

  • To drive in the trajectory of another vehicle to stop it, to cut off. 

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