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downpresses

downpresses is the third-person singular simple present indicative of downpress.

Meaning of downpress

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

Questions about downpresses

What is downpresses the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Downpresses is the third-person singular simple present indicative of downpress.

Words near downpresses in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: downpresses (page history and authors); downpress (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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