Anything that depresses || An instrument used to push something out of the way during an examination || Any of several muscles that pull down || Anything that lowers blood pressure
He opened a clear jar on a nearby counter and pulled out a simple wooden tongue depressor.
Make a buttonholer from a tongue depressor or craft stick with a loop of string through a hole in one end of it.
After I described my symptoms and he stuck a tongue depressor down my throat, he sent me down the hall for a blood test, which cost 15 yuan.
(psychology) In psychotherapy and psychiatry, a state of mind producing serious, long-term lowering of enjoyment of life or inability to visualize a happy future. || (geography) An area that is lower in topography than its surroundings. || (psychology) In psychotherapy and psychiatry, a period of unhappiness or low morale which lasts longer than several weeks and may include ideation of self-inflicted injury or suicide. || (meteorology) An area of lowered air pressure that generally brings moist weather, sometimes promoting hurricanes and tornadoes. || (economics) A period of major economic contraction. || (economics) Four consecutive quarters of negative, real GDP growth. See NBER. || (biology) A lowering, in particular a reduction in a particular biological variable or the function of an organ, in contrast to elevation.
I tried to harness the power of positive thinking to snap me out of my depression.
What might have been a short recession would turn into the greatest depression in our nation’s history.
The high interest rates would lead to a depression in the number of homes being sold.
To press down. || To make depressed, sad or bored. || 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.
Make a habit of rejecting those thoughts that depress you.
If you’re using a touchpad or trackball mouse, use your thumb to depress the button to the left of the pad or ball.
A rumor of pollution on the local beach is enough to depress the market value of all of the hotels in town.
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‘User selectable switches for setting the desired functional operation of the apparatus and a manually _depressible_ panic button are also provided.’
‘At least one of the tray and label is flexibly _depressible_ at the separator and cell for pressing the other lead against the cell to temporarily energize the LED.’
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‘User selectable switches for setting the desired functional operation of the apparatus and a manually _depressible_ panic button are also provided.’
