depress

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Plain form
depress

Third-person singular
depresses

Past tense
depressed

Past participle
depressed

Present participle
depressing

  1. If you depress something, you push or hold it down.
    He depressed the button with his finger.
  2. If something is depressed it is being made low.
    The prices were depressed by too much being available.
  3. If something depresses you, it makes you very sad.
    Sad songs always depress me.

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