See knock down on Wiktionary
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"forms": [
{
"form": "knocks down",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "knocking down",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "knocked down",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
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"tags": [
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}
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},
"expansion": "knock down (third-person singular simple present knocks down, present participle knocking down, simple past and past participle knocked down)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
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{
"text": "As I took the can off the shelf, I knocked down the one beside it.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1977, Sonny James (lyrics and music), “In the Jailhouse Now”, in Sonny James In Prison, In Person:",
"text": "He was out tomcatting one night / When he started a big fight / And a big policeman came and knocked him down.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2012, Ingrid Michaelson (lyrics and music), “This Is War”, in Human Again:",
"text": "I won't surrender / I will fight better / You lock me out, you knock me down / But I will find my way around",
"type": "quote"
}
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"To hit or knock (something or someone), intentionally or accidentally, so that it falls."
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[
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[
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"accidentally"
],
[
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"(transitive) To hit or knock (something or someone), intentionally or accidentally, so that it falls."
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"sense": "hit or knock (something) so that it falls",
"word": "knock over"
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"roman": "ṣaraʕa",
"sense": "hit or knock (something) so that it falls",
"word": "صَرَعَ"
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"sense": "hit or knock (something) so that it falls",
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"sense": "hit or knock (something) so that it falls",
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"sense": "hit or knock (something) so that it falls",
"word": "renverser"
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"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "hit or knock (something) so that it falls",
"word": "derribar"
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"english": "fruit",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "hit or knock (something) so that it falls",
"word": "escudir"
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"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "hit or knock (something) so that it falls",
"word": "varexar"
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"lang": "Gallurese",
"sense": "hit or knock (something) so that it falls",
"word": "abbattì"
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"sense": "hit or knock (something) so that it falls",
"word": "lampanni"
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"sense": "hit or knock (something) so that it falls",
"word": "umwerfen"
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"sense": "hit or knock (something) so that it falls",
"word": "niederschlagen"
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"sense": "hit or knock (something) so that it falls",
"word": "abbattere"
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"sense": "hit or knock (something) so that it falls",
"word": "prosternō"
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"roman": "sruši",
"sense": "hit or knock (something) so that it falls",
"word": "сруши"
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"sense": "hit or knock (something) so that it falls",
"word": "kōpehupehu"
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"sense": "hit or knock (something) so that it falls",
"word": "abattre"
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"sense": "hit or knock (something) so that it falls",
"word": "slå ned"
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"sense": "hit or knock (something) so that it falls",
"tags": [
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"sense": "hit or knock (something) so that it falls",
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"sense": "hit or knock (something) so that it falls",
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"sense": "hit or knock (something) so that it falls",
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"sense": "hit or knock (something) so that it falls",
"word": "derrubar"
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"lang": "Romagnol",
"sense": "hit or knock (something) so that it falls",
"word": "abàtar"
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"roman": "sbivátʹ",
"sense": "hit or knock (something) so that it falls",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "сбива́ть"
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"sense": "hit or knock (something) so that it falls",
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"roman": "valítʹ",
"sense": "hit or knock (something) so that it falls",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "вали́ть"
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"roman": "povalítʹ",
"sense": "hit or knock (something) so that it falls",
"tags": [
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"word": "повали́ть"
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"lang": "Campidanese Sardinian",
"sense": "hit or knock (something) so that it falls",
"word": "abbàttiri"
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"sense": "hit or knock (something) so that it falls",
"word": "abbatí"
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"sense": "hit or knock (something) so that it falls",
"word": "derribar"
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"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "paḍadrōyu",
"sense": "hit or knock (something) so that it falls",
"word": "పడద్రోయు"
}
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"text": "We knocked down the garden shed when we moved.",
"type": "example"
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"To hit or collide with",
"To demolish."
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"(transitive) To demolish."
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"To reduce the price of."
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"roman": "kǎnjià",
"sense": "reduce the price of",
"word": "砍价"
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"qualifier": "usually passive voice",
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"English transitive verbs"
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{
"text": "The furniture is shipped knocked down, so assembly is required.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To hit or collide with",
"To disassemble for shipment."
],
"links": [
[
"disassemble",
"disassemble"
],
[
"shipment",
"shipment"
]
],
"qualifier": "usually passive voice",
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"To hit or collide with",
"(transitive, usually passive voice) To disassemble for shipment."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English transitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To acquire money, especially illicitly",
"To accumulate money, usually through crime."
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[
"accumulate",
"accumulate"
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"To acquire money, especially illicitly",
"(transitive) To accumulate money, usually through crime."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English transitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To acquire money, especially illicitly",
"To embezzle."
],
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[
"embezzle",
"embezzle"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"To acquire money, especially illicitly",
"(transitive) To embezzle."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English informal terms",
"English terms with usage examples",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "I love to go down the pub and knock down pints of lager.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To drink or party",
"To drink fast."
],
"links": [
[
"drink",
"drink"
],
[
"fast",
"fast"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"To drink or party",
"(transitive, informal) To drink fast."
],
"tags": [
"informal",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Australian English",
"English slang",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To drink or party",
"To spend extravagantly for a celebration."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"To drink or party",
"(transitive, slang, Australia) To spend extravagantly for a celebration."
],
"tags": [
"Australia",
"slang",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English transitive verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1954, H. C. N. de Lanerolle, \"Well, Mudaliyar!\" and Other Plays (page 179)",
"text": "They click their glasses and knock down the toast."
}
],
"glosses": [
"To choose, declare or approve.",
"To approve a drinking toast by banging glasses on the table."
],
"links": [
[
"approve",
"approve"
],
[
"drink",
"drink"
],
[
"toast",
"toast"
],
[
"bang",
"bang"
],
[
"glass",
"glass"
],
[
"table",
"table"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"To choose, declare or approve.",
"(transitive) To approve a drinking toast by banging glasses on the table."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with archaic senses",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To choose, declare or approve.",
"To nominate (someone) to speak."
],
"links": [
[
"nominate",
"nominate"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"To choose, declare or approve.",
"(transitive, archaic) To nominate (someone) to speak."
],
"tags": [
"archaic",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Australian English",
"English transitive verbs",
"New Zealand English"
],
"glosses": [
"To choose, declare or approve.",
"To introduce (someone) to another, especially to a woman."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"To choose, declare or approve.",
"(transitive, Australia, New Zealand) To introduce (someone) to another, especially to a woman."
],
"tags": [
"Australia",
"New-Zealand",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English transitive verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "The judge knocked the award down to a half-million."
}
],
"glosses": [
"To choose, declare or approve.",
"To reject or override a decision."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"To choose, declare or approve.",
"(transitive) To reject or override a decision."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English transitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To choose, declare or approve.",
"To sentence (someone) to prison or other sentence."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"To choose, declare or approve.",
"(transitive) To sentence (someone) to prison or other sentence."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with usage examples",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "The picture was knocked down for £50.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To choose, declare or approve.",
"At an auction, to declare (something) sold with a blow from the gavel."
],
"links": [
[
"auction",
"auction"
],
[
"declare",
"declare"
],
[
"sold",
"sold"
],
[
"blow",
"blow"
],
[
"gavel",
"gavel"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"To choose, declare or approve.",
"(transitive) At an auction, to declare (something) sold with a blow from the gavel."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English dated terms",
"en:Rail transportation"
],
"glosses": [
"To send a stop signal to ensure a train is signalled to stop at the correct point."
],
"links": [
[
"rail transport",
"rail transport"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(dated, rail transport) To send a stop signal to ensure a train is signalled to stop at the correct point."
],
"tags": [
"dated"
],
"topics": [
"rail-transport",
"railways",
"transport"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English transitive verbs",
"en:Firefighting"
],
"glosses": [
"To reduce the burning of (a fire), as by cooling it with water or dirt."
],
"links": [
[
"firefighting",
"firefighting"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, firefighting) To reduce the burning of (a fire), as by cooling it with water or dirt."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"topics": [
"firefighting",
"government"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"audio": "En-au-knock down.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/bc/En-au-knock_down.ogg/En-au-knock_down.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bc/En-au-knock_down.ogg"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"sense": "hit or knock (something) so that it falls",
"word": "knock over"
},
{
"sense": "demolish",
"word": "demolish"
},
{
"sense": "demolish",
"word": "destroy"
},
{
"sense": "declare something sold at an auction with a blow from the gavel",
"word": "sell"
},
{
"sense": "reduce the price of",
"word": "reduce"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ṣaraʕa",
"sense": "hit or knock (something) so that it falls",
"word": "صَرَعَ"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "hit or knock (something) so that it falls",
"word": "srazit"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "hit or knock (something) so that it falls",
"word": "debati"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "hit or knock (something) so that it falls",
"word": "renverser"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "hit or knock (something) so that it falls",
"word": "derribar"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"english": "fruit",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "hit or knock (something) so that it falls",
"word": "escudir"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"english": "fruit",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "hit or knock (something) so that it falls",
"word": "varexar"
},
{
"code": "sdn",
"lang": "Gallurese",
"sense": "hit or knock (something) so that it falls",
"word": "abbattì"
},
{
"code": "sdn",
"lang": "Gallurese",
"sense": "hit or knock (something) so that it falls",
"word": "lampanni"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "hit or knock (something) so that it falls",
"word": "umwerfen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "hit or knock (something) so that it falls",
"word": "niederschlagen"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "hit or knock (something) so that it falls",
"word": "abbattere"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "hit or knock (something) so that it falls",
"word": "prosternō"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "sruši",
"sense": "hit or knock (something) so that it falls",
"word": "сруши"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "hit or knock (something) so that it falls",
"word": "kōpehupehu"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "hit or knock (something) so that it falls",
"word": "abattre"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "hit or knock (something) so that it falls",
"word": "slå ned"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "hit or knock (something) so that it falls",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zwalić"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "hit or knock (something) so that it falls",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zbić"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "hit or knock (something) so that it falls",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "powalić"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "hit or knock (something) so that it falls",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "obalić"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "hit or knock (something) so that it falls",
"word": "derrubar"
},
{
"code": "rgn",
"lang": "Romagnol",
"sense": "hit or knock (something) so that it falls",
"word": "abàtar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sbivátʹ",
"sense": "hit or knock (something) so that it falls",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "сбива́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sbitʹ",
"sense": "hit or knock (something) so that it falls",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "сбить"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "valítʹ",
"sense": "hit or knock (something) so that it falls",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "вали́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "povalítʹ",
"sense": "hit or knock (something) so that it falls",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "повали́ть"
},
{
"code": "sc",
"lang": "Campidanese Sardinian",
"sense": "hit or knock (something) so that it falls",
"word": "abbàttiri"
},
{
"code": "sdc",
"lang": "Sassarese",
"sense": "hit or knock (something) so that it falls",
"word": "abbatí"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "hit or knock (something) so that it falls",
"word": "derribar"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "paḍadrōyu",
"sense": "hit or knock (something) so that it falls",
"word": "పడద్రోయు"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "declare something sold at an auction with a blow from the gavel",
"word": "adxudicar"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "declare something sold at an auction with a blow from the gavel",
"word": "outorgar"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "katakyróno",
"sense": "declare something sold at an auction with a blow from the gavel",
"word": "κατακυρώνω"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "declare something sold at an auction with a blow from the gavel",
"word": "addīcō"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "kǎnjià",
"sense": "reduce the price of",
"word": "砍价"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sbivatʹ",
"sense": "reduce the price of",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "сбивать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sbitʹ",
"sense": "reduce the price of",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "сбить"
}
],
"word": "knock down"
}
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