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depress
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Word definitions for depress in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Depress \De*press"\, a. [L. depressus, p. p.] Having the middle lower than the border; concave. [Obs.] If the seal be depress or hollow. --Hammond.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. 1 (senseid en move_downward)To press down. 2 To make depressed, sad or bored. 3 To cause a depression or a decrease in parts of the economy. 4 To bring down or humble; to abase (pride, etc.). 5 (context math English) To reduce (an equation) in a lower ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES economically depressed (= with not enough business activity, jobs etc ) ▪ Economically depressed areas in the northeast will receive extra EU funding. weak/ailing/depressed ▪ The economy is weak and consumer confidence ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
v. lower someone's spirits; make downhearted; "These news depressed her"; "The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her" [syn: deject , cast down , get down , dismay , dispirit , demoralize , demoralise ] [ant: elate ] lower (prices or markets); ...
Usage examples of depress.
The actuator is engaged by depressing the button built into the reverse of the pistol grip.
Smokies shelters but are airier, cleaner, better designed, and without those horrible, depressing chain-link fences across their fronts.
I had been depressed and utterly baffled when I arrived in Alsatia an hour earlier.
Where Little Arcady had looked for the best Brussels carpets, there came only dull-colored rugs of a most aged and depressing lack of gayety.
Gina had come away from her meeting with Baumer depressed by a feeling of failure.
In strange contrast to her depressing appearance, there sat beside her an over-dressed, much behatted, peroxided young woman, who bore the stamp of the theatrical profession all over her pretty, painted face.
You should be positioned so that when you have the brakes or clutch fully depressed, you still have your knees bent.
It was depressing to hear, and Bremen soon gave up on pursuing his inquiries.
When Blaine and Butts rode into the yard at the home ranch they found a depressed and worried company gathered on the veranda of the big house.
The upper three-quarters of the anterior articular surface of the calcis is not in contact with the cuboid, the latter being depressed obliquely forward and downward, the lower portion of the posterior facet on the cuboid articulating with a new surface on the under portion of the bone.
That was enough, Cathartes thought, to make them the most depressing section of the whole.
It is efficient in fevers, and for breaking up colds, and is a very valuable, remedial agent in most chronic diseases, assisting in removing causes which depress the bodily functions.
Slice-of-life commercials usually deal with the more depressing areas of lifeodors, sores, old age, ugliness, pain.
We do not use those narcotics and compounds of antipyrine and other similar agents which are very depressing in their effects, and, like morphine and other preparations of opium, give only temporary relief, and interfere with the action of the heart, but we use treatment that builds up the system, removes the cause of the difficulty and restores the nervous system and all the organs of the body to a normal and healthful condition.
The dictates of true policy dissuaded her from contributing to her further conquest in that kingdom, which would have proved the source of contention among the allies, depressed the house of Bourbon below the standard of importance which the balance of Europe required it should maintain, and aggrandize the states-general at the expense of Great Britain.