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PRESS DOWN

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Press down

Example:

Depress the space key

Synonyms:

depress; press down

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "press down" is one way to...):

displace; move (cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

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