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press down

press down verb: used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see press, down.

Verb

press down (third-person singular simple present presses down, present participle pressing down, simple past and past participle pressed down)

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see press, down.
    • Giue, and it shall bee giuen vnto you, good measure, preassed downe, and shaken together, and running ouer, shall men giue into your bosome: for with the same measure that ye mete withall, it shall bee measured to you againe.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Luke 6:38
    • You shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of thorns, you shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold.1896 July 9, William Jennings Bryan, Cross of Gold speech
  2. (figuratively, intransitive) To exert an oppressive influence.
    • Or, as the same poet goes on, "when awful old age pressed down upon him, she put him away in an inner room of the house and shut the shining doors".2014 May 9, Mary Beard, “A Point of View: The paradox of growing old”, in BBC News, archived from the original on 22 Sep 2022
    • Time is pressing down on us, fastening each moment to the railroad of our lives.2022, Chitra Ramaswamy, Homelands: The History of a Friendship, Canongate Books, →ISBN
  3. To press or push, especially for a long time.

press down meaning in Tamil, Marathi and Sanskrit

press down in Tamil

to press down, compress
அமுக்கு amukku
to press down, crush
அவை avai
to press down
அடு aṭu, தள்ளு taḷḷu
to press down, bear down with pressure
ஊன்று ūṉṟu

press down in Marathi

to press down
दडपणे daḍapṇe

press down in Sanskrit

to press down; to keep under
उब्जति ubjáti

Forms of press down

third-person singular presentpresses down
present participlepressing down
past participlepressed down
pastpressed down

Questions about press down

What does press down mean?
Press down means used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see press, down.
What is press down in Tamil?
Press down in Tamil is அமுக்கு (amukku), அவை (avai), அடு (aṭu). See Press down meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is press down?
Press down is a verb.
What is the past tense of press down?
The past tense of press down is pressed down.

Words near press down in the dictionary

  1. press conference
  2. press conferences
  3. press corps
  4. press cutting
  5. press cuttings
  6. press down
  7. press F to pay respects
  8. press flesh
  9. press forward
  10. press gaggle
  11. press gaggles

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: press down (page history and authors); அடு (Tamil) (page history and authors); दडपणे (Marathi) (page history and authors); उब्जति (Sanskrit) (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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