n. 1. To strike down; to fell; to prostrate by a blow or by blows; as, to knock down an assailant. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. To assign to a bidder at an auction, by a blow or knock of the auctioneer's hammer; to sell at an auction; as, the vase was knocked down at two thousand dollars. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]
3. To take apart; to dissassemble; as, to knock down a rifle for cleaning. [ PJC ]
4. To reduce or discount the price of; as, the dresses were knocked down to twenty dollars. [ PJC ]
5. To earn (an income). “plumbers who knock down over a hundred thousand a year.” [ PJC ]
[たおす, taosu](v5s, vt) (1) (倒す only) to throw down; to bring down; to blow down; to fell; to knock down; to set (something) down on its side; to turn (something) on its side; (2) to kill; to defeat; to beat; (3) (倒す only) to overthrow; to trip up; to ruin; (4) (倒す only) to leave unpaid; to cheat; (P)#6869[Add to Longdo]
[うちぬく(打ち抜く;打抜く;打ち貫く;うち抜く);ぶちぬく(打ち抜く;打抜く;ぶち抜く), uchinuku ( uchi nuku ; da nuku ; uchi tsuranuku ; uchi nuku ); buchinuku ( uchi nuk](v5k, vt) (1) to punch; to hit and hit; to stamp out; (2) to pierce; to bore into; to knock down walls[Add to Longdo]