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downpress

downpress verb: to push or press downwards.

Verb

downpress (third-person singular simple present downpresses, present participle downpressing, simple past and past participle downpressed)

  1. (transitive) To push or press downwards.
  2. (Rastafari, transitive) To oppress.
    • That’s why the white man just downpress you so.2014, Marlon James, A Brief History of Seven Killings, Oneworld Publications (2015), page 156

Forms of downpress

third-person singular presentdownpresses
present participledownpressing
past participledownpressed
pastdownpressed

Origin of downpress

From down + press.

Questions about downpress

What does downpress mean?
Downpress means to push or press downwards.
What part of speech is downpress?
Downpress is a verb.
What is the past tense of downpress?
The past tense of downpress is downpressed.

Words near downpress in the dictionary

  1. downpour
  2. downpoured
  3. downpouring
  4. downpourings
  5. downpours
  6. downpress
  7. downpressed
  8. downpresses
  9. downpressing
  10. downpression
  11. downpressions

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