depress key

Frequency: 7.04.8 per million words

to press a key on a keyboard or piano

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Examples (10)

  • To start the program, you need to depress the 'Enter' key.
  • The pianist gently depresses a key to produce a soft note.
  • I accidentally depressed the wrong key and deleted the file.
  • The machine will not operate unless you depress the green key first.
  • In the experiment, the rat learned to depress a key to receive a food pellet.
  • Depressing the F1 key will open the help menu on most applications.
  • She was depressing the keys of the old organ, filling the church with sound.
  • If you depress this specific key, a hidden feature will be unlocked.
  • The instructor showed the students how firmly to depress each key for the desired effect.
  • Make sure you fully depress the space key or the words will join together.