Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb press_down

1 sense of press down

Sense 1
press down, depress -- (press down; "Depress the space key")
       => move, displace -- (cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant")