depress
IPA: dɪprˈɛs
verb
- To press down.
- To make depressed, sad or bored.
- (economics) To cause a depression or a decrease in parts of the economy.
- To bring down or humble; to abase (pride, etc.).
- (mathematics) To reduce (an equation) in a lower degree.
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Examples of "depress" in Sentences
- The movie was depressing.
- Insomnia is common among the depressed.
- There is prevalence and impact of depression.
- The brake is actuated by depressing the pedal.
- It was the prolongation of the Great Depression.
- But the time was not ripe in the Depression years.
- Clumsiness, depression and irritability are noted.
- At the heart of the Depression, Chuck was in college.
- The center of the depression was initially uncertain.
- The body is characteristically depressed in this family.
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