"depresses" in the verb sense
1. depress, deject, cast down, get down, dismay, dispirit, demoralize, demoralise
lower someone's spirits make downhearted
"These news depressed her"
"The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her"
2. depress
lower (prices or markets
"The glut of oil depressed gas prices"
3. lower, depress
cause to drop or sink
"The lack of rain had depressed the water level in the reservoir"
4. press down, depress
press down
"Depress the space key"
5. depress
lessen the activity or force of
"The rising inflation depressed the economy"
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