Definition of depress

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Depress (a.) Having the middle lower than the border; concave.

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Depression :: Depression (n.) The operation of reducing to a lower degree; -- said of equations.
Low :: Low (superl.) Wanting strength or animation; depressed; dejected; as, low spirits; low in spirits..
Flat :: Flat (v. t.) To render dull, insipid, or spiritless; to depress..
Dent :: Dent (n.) A slight depression, or small notch or hollow, made by a blow or by pressure; an indentation..
Sinus :: Sinus (n.) A depression between adjoining lobes.
Bear :: Bear (v. t.) To endeavor to depress the price of, or prices in; as, to bear a railroad stock; to bear the market..
Angler :: Angler (n.) A fish (Lophius piscatorius), of Europe and America, having a large, broad, and depressed head, with the mouth very large. Peculiar appendages on the head are said to be used to entice fishes within reach. Called also fishing frog, frogfish, toadfish, goosefish, allmouth, monkfish, etc..
Depress :: Depress (v. t.) To cast a gloom upon; to sadden; as, his spirits were depressed..
Slouch :: Slouch (v. t.) To cause to hang down; to depress at the side; as, to slouth the hat..
Filling :: Filling (n.) That which is used to fill a cavity or any empty space, or to supply a deficiency; as, filling for a cavity in a tooth, a depression in a roadbed, the space between exterior and interior walls of masonry, the pores of open-grained wood, the space between the outer and inner planks of a vessel, etc..
Flatness :: Flatness (n.) Want of vivacity or spirit; prostration; dejection; depression.
Elevator :: Elevator (n.) An instrument for raising a depressed portion of a bone.
Low :: Low (superl.) Depressed in the scale of sounds; grave; as, a low pitch; a low note..
Damp :: Damp (n.) To put out, as fire; to depress or deject; to deaden; to cloud; to check or restrain, as action or vigor; to make dull; to weaken; to discourage..
Groove :: Groove (n.) A furrow, channel, or long hollow, such as may be formed by cutting, molding, grinding, the wearing force of flowing water, or constant travel; a depressed way; a worn path; a rut..
Depression :: Depression (n.) A method of operating for cataract; couching. See Couch, v. t., 8..
Appall :: Appall (a.) To depress or discourage with fear; to impress with fear in such a manner that the mind shrinks, or loses its firmness; to overcome with sudden terror or horror; to dismay; as, the sight appalled the stoutest heart..
Punctated :: Punctated (a.) Dotted with small spots of color, or with minute depressions or pits..
Plain :: Plain (superl.) Without elevations or depressions; flat; level; smooth; even. See Plane.
Escutcheon :: Escutcheon (n.) The depression behind the beak of certain bivalves; the ligamental area.
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