Definition of depression

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Depression (n.) The state of being depressed; a sinking.

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Depression :: Depression (n.) Diminution, as of trade, etc.; inactivity; dullness..
Seam :: Seam (n.) A line or depression left by a cut or wound; a scar; a cicatrix.
Conchoidal :: Conchoidal (a.) Having elevations or depressions in form like one half of a bivalve shell; -- applied principally to a surface produced by fracture.
Rugate :: Rugate (a.) Having alternate ridges and depressions; wrinkled.
Law-fall :: "Law-fall (n.) Depression of the jaw; hence, depression of spirits..
Sink :: Sink (v. t.) To make (a depression) by digging, delving, or cutting, etc.; as, to sink a pit or a well; to sink a die..
Diaglyphtic :: Diaglyphtic (a.) Represented or formed by depressions in the general surface; as, diaglyphic sculpture or engraving; -- opposed to anaglyphic..
Glen :: Glen (n.) A secluded and narrow valley; a dale; a depression between hills.
Courtesy :: Courtesy (n.) An act of civility, respect, or reverence, made by women, consisting of a slight depression or dropping of the body, with bending of the knees..
Pothole :: Pothole (n.) A circular hole formed in the rocky beds of rivers by the grinding action of stones or gravel whirled round by the water in what was at first a natural depression of the rock.
Punctated :: Punctated (a.) Dotted with small spots of color, or with minute depressions or pits..
Melancholia :: Melancholia (n.) A kind of mental unsoundness characterized by extreme depression of spirits, ill-grounded fears, delusions, and brooding over one particular subject or train of ideas..
Plane :: Plane (a.) Without elevations or depressions; even; level; flat; lying in, or constituting, a plane; as, a plane surface..
Alveolus :: Alveolus (n.) A small depression, sac, or vesicle, as the socket of a tooth, the air cells of the lungs, the ultimate saccules of glands, etc..
Foveolate :: Foveolate (a.) Having small pits or depression, as the receptacle in some composite flowers..
Condensation :: Condensation (n.) The act or process of reducing, by depression of temperature or increase of pressure, etc., to another and denser form, as gas to the condition of a liquid or steam to water..
Basin :: Basin (n.) A circular or oval valley, or depression of the surface of the ground, the lowest part of which is generally occupied by a lake, or traversed by a river..
Lake :: Lake (n.) A large body of water contained in a depression of the earth's surface, and supplied from the drainage of a more or less extended area..
Lonely :: Lonely (superl.) Having a feeling of depression or sadness resulting from the consciousness of being alone; lonesome.
Prosternation :: Prosternation (n.) Dejection; depression.
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