- Firmly press down or in - Force down - Pack down - Pack tightly - Push down tightly - Ram down - In blasting, to plug up with clay, earth, dry sand, sod,
or other material, as a hole bored in a rock, in order to prevent the
force of the explosion from being misdirected.
- Demoralise - Keep under - Make dispirited or sad - Make gloomy - oppress - Push down - To press down; to cause to sink; to let fall; to lower;
as, to depress the muzzle of a gun; to depress the eyes.