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duot [du.ut.] : depress (v.); jam (v.); lunge (v.); press (v.); push (v.); swarm (v.)
Synonyms: dul-it; pinol

Derivatives of duot


Glosses:
depress
v. (emotion)1. cast down, deject, demoralise, demoralize, depress, dismay, dispirit, get downlower someone's spirits; make downhearted.; "These news depressed her"; "The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her"
~ chilldepress or discourage.; "The news of the city's surrender chilled the soldiers"
~ discouragedeprive of courage or hope; take away hope from; cause to feel discouraged.
v. (motion)2. depresslower (prices or markets).; "The glut of oil depressed gas prices"
~ bring down, let down, lower, take down, get downmove something or somebody to a lower position.; "take down the vase from the shelf"
v. (contact)3. depress, lowercause to drop or sink.; "The lack of rain had depressed the water level in the reservoir"
~ alter, change, modifycause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"
v. (contact)4. depress, press downpress down.; "Depress the space key"
~ move, displacecause 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"
v. (change)5. depresslessen the activity or force of.; "The rising inflation depressed the economy"
~ weakenlessen the strength of.; "The fever weakened his body"
jam
n. (food)1. jampreserve of crushed fruit.
~ conserve, conserves, preserves, preservefruit preserved by cooking with sugar.
~ strawberry jam, strawberry preservesmade with strawberries.
n. (state)2. fix, hole, jam, kettle of fish, mess, muddle, pickleinformal terms for a difficult situation.; "he got into a terrible fix"; "he made a muddle of his marriage"
~ difficultya condition or state of affairs almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring great effort to bear or overcome.; "grappling with financial difficulties"
~ dog's breakfast, dog's dinnera poor job; a mess.; "they made a real dog's breakfast of that job"
n. (group)3. crush, jam, pressa dense crowd of people.
~ crowda large number of things or people considered together.; "a crowd of insects assembled around the flowers"
~ snarl-up, traffic jama number of vehicles blocking one another until they can scarcely move.
n. (act)4. electronic jamming, jam, jammingdeliberate radiation or reflection of electromagnetic energy for the purpose of disrupting enemy use of electronic devices or systems.
~ ecm, electronic countermeasureselectronic warfare undertaken to prevent or reduce an enemy's effective use of the electromagnetic spectrum.
~ barrage jammingelectronic jamming over a wide range of frequencies simultaneously.
~ selective jamming, spot jammingelectronic jamming of a specific channel or frequency.
v. (motion)5. jam, mob, pack, pile, throngpress tightly together or cram.; "The crowd packed the auditorium"
~ crowd together, crowdto gather together in large numbers.; "men in straw boaters and waxed mustaches crowded the verandah"
v. (motion)6. jampush down forcibly.; "The driver jammed the brake pedal to the floor"
~ push, forcemove with force,.; "He pushed the table into a corner"
v. (contact)7. crush, jamcrush or bruise.; "jam a toe"
~ bruise, contuseinjure the underlying soft tissue or bone of.; "I bruised my knee"
v. (communication)8. block, jaminterfere with or prevent the reception of signals.; "Jam the Voice of America"; "block the signals emitted by this station"
~ cut off, disrupt, interrupt, break upmake a break in.; "We interrupt the program for the following messages"
~ barrage jamjam an entire frequency spectrum.; "During the Cold War, the Soviets routinely barrage jammed to interfere with transmissions from the West"
~ point jamjam a narrow band of frequencies.; "We can counter point-jamming effectively"
~ spot jamjam a single frequency.; "This operator is spot-jammed"
~ blanket jamjam a broad spectrum of frequencies to affect all communications in the area except for directional antenna communications.
v. (contact)9. jamget stuck and immobilized.; "the mechanism jammed"
~ malfunction, misfunctionfail to function or function improperly.; "the coffee maker malfunctioned"
v. (contact)10. chock up, cram, jam, jampack, ram, wadcrowd or pack to capacity.; "the theater was jampacked"
~ stuffcram into a cavity.; "The child stuffed candy into his pockets"
~ cramput something somewhere so that the space is completely filled.; "cram books into the suitcase"
v. (contact)11. block, close up, impede, jam, obstruct, obturate, occludeblock passage through.; "obstruct the path"
~ block off, blockadeobstruct access to.
~ barricado, barricadeblock off with barricades.
~ barricadeprevent access to by barricading.; "The street where the President lives is always barricaded"
~ asphyxiate, suffocate, stifle, chokeimpair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of.; "The foul air was slowly suffocating the children"
~ tie uprestrain from moving or operating normally.; "Traffic is tied up for miles around the bridge where the accident occurred"
~ dam, dam upobstruct with, or as if with, a dam.; "dam the gorges of the Yangtse River"
~ block out, screenprevent from entering.; "block out the strong sunlight"
~ earth up, land upblock with earth, as after a landslide.
~ barricade, block, block up, bar, block off, blockade, stoprender unsuitable for passage.; "block the way"; "barricade the streets"; "stop the busy road"
~ clog, clog up, congest, choke off, foul, back up, chokebecome or cause to become obstructed.; "The leaves clog our drains in the Fall"; "The water pipe is backed up"
~ hinder, impedebe a hindrance or obstacle to.; "She is impeding the progress of our project"
lunge
n. (act)1. lunge, lurchthe act of moving forward suddenly.
~ movement, move, motionthe act of changing location from one place to another.; "police controlled the motion of the crowd"; "the movement of people from the farms to the cities"; "his move put him directly in my path"
n. (act)2. lunge, passado, straight thrust(fencing) an attacking thrust made with one foot forward and the back leg straight and with the sword arm outstretched forward.
~ fencingthe art or sport of fighting with swords (especially the use of foils or epees or sabres to score points under a set of rules).
~ knife thrust, stab, thrusta strong blow with a knife or other sharp pointed instrument.; "one strong stab to the heart killed him"
~ remise(fencing) a second thrust made on the same lunge (as when your opponent fails to riposte).
v. (motion)3. hurl, hurtle, lunge, thrustmake a thrusting forward movement.
~ movemove so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion.; "He moved his hand slightly to the right"
~ dartmove with sudden speed.; "His forefinger darted in all directions as he spoke"
~ ripostemake a return thrust.; "his opponent riposted"
press
n. (state)1. imperativeness, insistence, insistency, press, pressurethe state of demanding notice or attention.; "the insistence of their hunger"; "the press of business matters"
~ urgencythe state of being urgent; an earnest and insistent necessity.
n. (communication)2. press, public pressthe print media responsible for gathering and publishing news in the form of newspapers or magazines.
~ free pressa press not restricted or controlled by government censorship regarding politics or ideology.
~ print mediaa medium that disseminates printed matter.
~ newspaper, papera daily or weekly publication on folded sheets; contains news and articles and advertisements.; "he read his newspaper at breakfast"
~ mag, magazinea periodic publication containing pictures and stories and articles of interest to those who purchase it or subscribe to it.; "it takes several years before a magazine starts to break even or make money"
~ press corpsa group of journalists representing different publications who all cover the same topics.; "the White House press corps"
n. (artifact)3. press, printing pressa machine used for printing.
~ bedthe flat surface of a printing press on which the type form is laid in the last stage of producing a newspaper or magazine or book etc..
~ cylinder press, flatbed pressa printing press where the type is carried on a flat bed under a cylinder that holds paper and rolls over the type.
~ machineany mechanical or electrical device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of human tasks.
~ rotary pressa printing press for printing from a revolving cylinder.
~ standing pressa large printing press that exerts pressure vertically.
n. (artifact)4. closet, press, wardrobea tall piece of furniture that provides storage space for clothes; has a door and rails or hooks for hanging clothes.
~ armoirea large wardrobe or cabinet; originally used for storing weapons.
~ clothes closet, clothespressa closet where clothes are stored.
~ coat closeta closet for storing outerwear.
~ article of furniture, furniture, piece of furniturefurnishings that make a room or other area ready for occupancy.; "they had too much furniture for the small apartment"; "there was only one piece of furniture in the room"
n. (artifact)5. pressclamp to prevent wooden rackets from warping when not in use.
~ clamp, clincha device (generally used by carpenters) that holds things firmly together.
n. (artifact)6. mechanical press, pressany machine that exerts pressure to form or shape or cut materials or extract liquids or compress solids.
~ cheese pressa press for shaping cheese curd.
~ ciderpressa press that is used to extract the juice from apples.
~ garlic pressa press for extracting juice from garlic.
~ hydraulic presspress in which a force applied by a piston to a small area is transmitted through water to another piston having a large area.
~ machineany mechanical or electrical device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of human tasks.
~ punch pressa power driven press used to shape metal parts.
~ winepressa press that is used to extract the juice from grapes.
n. (act)7. military press, pressa weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then smoothly lifted overhead.
~ weightlift, weightliftingbodybuilding by exercise that involves lifting weights.
n. (act)8. press, pressing, pressurethe act of pressing; the exertion of pressure.; "he gave the button a press"; "he used pressure to stop the bleeding"; "at the pressing of a button"
~ push, pushingthe act of applying force in order to move something away.; "he gave the door a hard push"; "the pushing is good exercise"
~ impressionthe act of pressing one thing on or into the surface of another.; "he watched the impression of the seal on the hot wax"
~ compressing, compressionapplying pressure.
v. (contact)9. pressexert pressure or force to or upon.; "He pressed down on the boards"; "press your thumb on this spot"
~ touchmake physical contact with, come in contact with.; "Touch the stone for good luck"; "She never touched her husband"
~ squeezepress firmly.; "He squeezed my hand"
~ mash, squash, squeeze, crush, squelchto compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition.; "crush an aluminum can"; "squeeze a lemon"
~ cranch, craunch, grind, crunchpress or grind with a crushing noise.
~ bear down, drag down, press down on, bear down on, weigh downexert a force with a heavy weight.; "The snow bore down on the roof"
~ knucklepress or rub with the knuckles.
~ pushpress against forcefully without moving.; "she pushed against the wall with all her strength"
v. (communication)10. exhort, press, urge, urge onforce or impel in an indicated direction.; "I urged him to finish his studies"
~ hurry, rushurge to an unnatural speed.; "Don't rush me, please!"
~ push, bear onpress, drive, or impel (someone) to action or completion of an action.; "He pushed her to finish her doctorate"
~ advocate, preachspeak, plead, or argue in favor of.; "The doctor advocated a smoking ban in the entire house"
~ advise, counsel, redegive advice to.; "The teacher counsels troubled students"; "The lawyer counselled me when I was accused of tax fraud"
v. (stative)11. press, weighto be oppressive or burdensome.; "weigh heavily on the mind"; "Something pressed on his mind"
~ matter, count, weighhave weight; have import, carry weight.; "It does not matter much"
v. (contact)12. pressplace between two surfaces and apply weight or pressure.; "pressed flowers"
~ flatten out, flattenbecome flat or flatter.; "The landscape flattened"
~ iron, iron out, presspress and smooth with a heated iron.; "press your shirts"; "she stood there ironing"
~ calenderpress between rollers or plates so as to smooth, glaze, or thin into sheets.; "calender paper"
v. (contact)13. compact, compress, constrict, contract, press, squeezesqueeze or press together.; "she compressed her lips"; "the spasm contracted the muscle"
~ choke, strangleconstrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing.
~ primcontract one's lips.; "She primmed her lips after every bite of food"
~ tightenbecome tight or tighter.; "The rope tightened"
~ astringeconstrict or bind or draw together.; "Lemon juice astringes the tissue in the mouth"
~ strangulateconstrict a hollow organ or vessel so as to stop the flow of blood or air.
~ convulsecontract involuntarily, as in a spasm.; "The muscles in her face convulsed"
~ convulsecause to contract.; "The spasm convulses her facial muscles"
~ bear down, overbearcontract the abdominal muscles during childbirth to ease delivery.
~ choke, gag, fretbe too tight; rub or press.; "This neckband is choking the cat"
~ scrag, chokewring the neck of.; "The man choked his opponent"
v. (motion)14. presscrowd closely.; "The crowds pressed along the street"
~ massjoin together into a mass or collect or form a mass.; "Crowds were massing outside the palace"
v. (creation)15. presscreate by pressing.; "Press little holes into the soft clay"
~ create, makemake or cause to be or to become.; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor"
v. (stative)16. pressbe urgent.; "This is a pressing problem"
~ behave the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun).; "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer"
v. (social)17. agitate, campaign, crusade, fight, press, pushexert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for.; "The liberal party pushed for reforms"; "She is crusading for women's rights"; "The Dean is pushing for his favorite candidate"
~ advertize, advertise, promote, pushmake publicity for; try to sell (a product).; "The salesman is aggressively pushing the new computer model"; "The company is heavily advertizing their new laptops"
~ advertize, advertise, promote, pushmake publicity for; try to sell (a product).; "The salesman is aggressively pushing the new computer model"; "The company is heavily advertizing their new laptops"
v. (creation)18. press, press outpress from a plastic.; "press a record"
~ mould, mold, castform by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mold.; "cast a bronze sculpture"
v. (contact)19. press, pushmake strenuous pushing movements during birth to expel the baby.; "`Now push hard,' said the doctor to the woman"
~ push, forcemove with force,.; "He pushed the table into a corner"
v. (contact)20. iron, iron out, presspress and smooth with a heated iron.; "press your shirts"; "she stood there ironing"
~ heat, heat upmake hot or hotter.; "the sun heats the oceans"; "heat the water on the stove"
~ manglepress with a mangle.; "mangle the sheets"
~ pressplace between two surfaces and apply weight or pressure.; "pressed flowers"
v. (competition)21. press, weight-lift, weightliftlift weights.; "This guy can press 300 pounds"
~ exercise, work outdo physical exercise.; "She works out in the gym every day"
v. (communication)22. adjure, beseech, bid, conjure, entreat, pressask for or request earnestly.; "The prophet bid all people to become good persons"
~ pleadappeal or request earnestly.; "I pleaded with him to stop"
push
n. (act)1. push, pushingthe act of applying force in order to move something away.; "he gave the door a hard push"; "the pushing is good exercise"
~ actuation, propulsionthe act of propelling.
~ depressionpushing down.; "depression of the space bar on the typewriter"
~ nudge, joga slight push or shake.
~ pressing, pressure, pressthe act of pressing; the exertion of pressure.; "he gave the button a press"; "he used pressure to stop the bleeding"; "at the pressing of a button"
~ shovethe act of shoving (giving a push to someone or something).; "he gave the door a shove"
~ boostthe act of giving a push.; "he gave her a boost over the fence"
n. (phenomenon)2. push, thrustthe force used in pushing.; "the push of the water on the walls of the tank"; "the thrust of the jet engines"
~ force(physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity.; "force equals mass times acceleration"
n. (attribute)3. energy, get-up-and-go, pushenterprising or ambitious drive.; "Europeans often laugh at American energy"
~ drivethe trait of being highly motivated.; "his drive and energy exhausted his co-workers"
~ second windrenewed energy or strength to continue an undertaking.; "She had dinner and got a second wind to finish painting"; "the employers, initially taken by surprise at the pace of developments, regained their second wind"
n. (artifact)4. button, push, push buttonan electrical switch operated by pressing.; "the elevator was operated by push buttons"; "the push beside the bed operated a buzzer at the desk"
~ bell pusha button that is pushed to ring a bell.
~ buzzer, doorbell, bella push button at an outer door that gives a ringing or buzzing signal when pushed.
~ horn buttona button that you press to activate the horn of an automobile.
~ mouse buttona push button on the mouse.
~ panic buttona button to push in order to summon help in case of an emergency.; "the circuit is operated by a panic button"; "when he saw that I was angry he hit the panic button"
~ push-button radioa radio receiver that can be tuned by pressing buttons.
~ reset buttona push button that you press to activate the reset mechanism.
~ electric switch, electrical switch, switchcontrol consisting of a mechanical or electrical or electronic device for making or breaking or changing the connections in a circuit.
n. (act)5. pushan effort to advance.; "the army made a push toward the sea"
~ forward motion, onward motion, advancement, progress, procession, progression, advancethe act of moving forward (as toward a goal).
v. (motion)6. force, pushmove with force,.; "He pushed the table into a corner"
~ nudge, poke at, prodto push against gently.; "She nudged my elbow when she saw her friend enter the restaurant"
~ pressexert pressure or force to or upon.; "He pressed down on the boards"; "press your thumb on this spot"
~ push, pressmake strenuous pushing movements during birth to expel the baby.; "`Now push hard,' said the doctor to the woman"
~ beat back, force back, push back, repel, repulse, drivecause to move back by force or influence.; "repel the enemy"; "push back the urge to smoke"; "beat back the invaders"
~ shovepush roughly.; "the people pushed and shoved to get in line"
~ flick, jerkthrow or toss with a quick motion.; "flick a piece of paper across the table"; "jerk his head"
~ movemove so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion.; "He moved his hand slightly to the right"
~ move, displacecause 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"
~ shove, jostlecome into rough contact with while moving.; "The passengers jostled each other in the overcrowded train"
~ pushpress against forcefully without moving.; "she pushed against the wall with all her strength"
~ nosepush or move with the nose.
~ obtrude, push out, thrust outpush to thrust outward.
~ push aside, push awaypush out of the way.
~ muscle intoforce one's way.; "He muscled into the union"
~ push uppush upward.
~ thrustpush forcefully.; "He thrust his chin forward"
~ driveurge forward.; "drive the cows into the barn"
~ jampush down forcibly.; "The driver jammed the brake pedal to the floor"
~ stuff, thrust, shove, squeezepress or force.; "Stuff money into an envelope"; "She thrust the letter into his hand"
~ topple, tumble, tipcause to topple or tumble by pushing.
v. (communication)7. bear on, pushpress, drive, or impel (someone) to action or completion of an action.; "He pushed her to finish her doctorate"
~ urge, exhort, press, urge onforce or impel in an indicated direction.; "I urged him to finish his studies"
~ nudgepush into action by pestering or annoying gently.
~ bull, bull throughpush or force.; "He bulled through his demands"
~ labor, labour, tug, push, drivestrive and make an effort to reach a goal.; "She tugged for years to make a decent living"; "We have to push a little to make the deadline!"; "She is driving away at her doctoral thesis"
v. (communication)8. advertise, advertize, promote, pushmake publicity for; try to sell (a product).; "The salesman is aggressively pushing the new computer model"; "The company is heavily advertizing their new laptops"
~ praiseexpress approval of.; "The parents praised their children for their academic performance"
~ propagandise, propagandizespread by propaganda.
~ plugmake a plug for; praise the qualities or in order to sell or promote.
~ billadvertise especially by posters or placards.; "He was billed as the greatest tenor since Caruso"
~ crusade, campaign, agitate, fight, push, pressexert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for.; "The liberal party pushed for reforms"; "She is crusading for women's rights"; "The Dean is pushing for his favorite candidate"
~ crusade, campaign, agitate, fight, push, pressexert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for.; "The liberal party pushed for reforms"; "She is crusading for women's rights"; "The Dean is pushing for his favorite candidate"
v. (social)9. drive, labor, labour, push, tugstrive and make an effort to reach a goal.; "She tugged for years to make a decent living"; "We have to push a little to make the deadline!"; "She is driving away at her doctoral thesis"
~ push, bear onpress, drive, or impel (someone) to action or completion of an action.; "He pushed her to finish her doctorate"
~ strain, strive, reachto exert much effort or energy.; "straining our ears to hear"
~ struggle, fightmake a strenuous or labored effort.; "She struggled for years to survive without welfare"; "He fought for breath"
v. (motion)10. pushpress against forcefully without moving.; "she pushed against the wall with all her strength"
~ pressexert pressure or force to or upon.; "He pressed down on the boards"; "press your thumb on this spot"
~ push, forcemove with force,.; "He pushed the table into a corner"
~ pushmove strenuously and with effort.; "The crowd pushed forward"
v. (motion)11. crowd, pushapproach a certain age or speed.; "She is pushing fifty"
~ approach, draw near, near, come near, come on, draw close, go upmove towards.; "We were approaching our destination"; "They are drawing near"; "The enemy army came nearer and nearer"
v. (possession)12. pushsell or promote the sale of (illegal goods such as drugs).; "The guy hanging around the school is pushing drugs"
~ crime, criminal offence, criminal offense, law-breaking, offense, offence(criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act.; "a long record of crimes"
~ sell, trade, dealdo business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood.; "She deals in gold"; "The brothers sell shoes"
v. (motion)13. pushmove strenuously and with effort.; "The crowd pushed forward"
~ go, locomote, move, travelchange location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically.; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast"
~ pushpress against forcefully without moving.; "she pushed against the wall with all her strength"
swarm
n. (group)1. drove, horde, swarma moving crowd.
~ crowda large number of things or people considered together.; "a crowd of insects assembled around the flowers"
n. (group)2. cloud, swarma group of many things in the air or on the ground.; "a swarm of insects obscured the light"; "clouds of blossoms"; "it discharged a cloud of spores"
~ group, groupingany number of entities (members) considered as a unit.
~ insectsmall air-breathing arthropod.
~ infestation, plaguea swarm of insects that attack plants.; "a plague of grasshoppers"
v. (stative)3. pullulate, swarm, teembe teeming, be abuzz.; "The garden was swarming with bees"; "The plaza is teeming with undercover policemen"; "her mind pullulated with worries"
~ seethe, hum, buzzbe noisy with activity.; "This office is buzzing with activity"
~ crawlbe full of.; "The old cheese was crawling with maggots"
v. (motion)4. pour, pullulate, stream, swarm, teemmove in large numbers.; "people were pouring out of the theater"; "beggars pullulated in the plaza"
~ crowd together, crowdto gather together in large numbers.; "men in straw boaters and waxed mustaches crowded the verandah"
~ spill out, spill over, pour outbe disgorged.; "The crowds spilled out into the streets"