Meaning of दबाना in English

Something rigid that holds fast or binds things together; a piece of wood or metal, used to hold two or more pieces together.
An instrument with a screw or screws by which work is held in its place or two parts are temporarily held together.
A piece of wood placed across another, or inserted into another, to bind or strengthen.
One of a pair of movable pieces of lead, or other soft material, to cover the jaws of a vise and enable it to grasp without bruising.
A thick plank on the inner part of a ship's side, used to sustain the ends of beams.
A mass of bricks heaped up to be burned; or of ore for roasting, or of coal for coking.
A mollusk. See Clam.
To fasten with a clamp or clamps; to apply a clamp to; to place in a clamp.
To cover, as vegetables, with earth.
A heavy footstep; a tramp.
To tread heavily or clumsily; to clump.
of Clamp
To dawn together; to contract; to force to contract itself; to constrict; to cause to shrink.
of Deaden
To make as dead; to impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation; to lessen the force or acuteness of; to blunt; as, to deaden the natural powers or feelings; to deaden a sound.
To lessen the velocity or momentum of; to retard; as, to deaden a ship's headway.
To make vapid or spiritless; as, to deaden wine.
To deprive of gloss or brilliancy; to obscure; as, to deaden gilding by a coat of size.
To press down; to cause to sink; to let fall; to lower; as, to depress the muzzle of a gun; to depress the eyes.
To bring down or humble; to abase, as pride.
To cast a gloom upon; to sadden; as, his spirits were depressed.
To lessen the activity of; to make dull; embarrass, as trade, commerce, etc.
To lessen in price; to cause to decline in value; to cheapen; to depreciate.
To reduce (an equation) in a lower degree.
Having the middle lower than the border; concave.
of Press
Urgent; exacting; importunate; as, a pressing necessity.
The joint next above the hock, and near the flank, in the hind leg of the horse and allied animals; the joint corresponding to the knee in man; -- called also stifle joint. See Illust. under Horse.
To stop the breath of by crowding something into the windpipe, or introducing an irrespirable substance into the lungs; to choke; to suffocate; to cause the death of by such means; as, to stifle one with smoke or dust.
To stop; to extinguish; to deaden; to quench; as, to stifle the breath; to stifle a fire or flame.
To suppress the manifestation or report of; to smother; to conceal from public knowledge; as, to stifle a story; to stifle passion.
To die by reason of obstruction of the breath, or because some noxious substance prevents respiration.
To compress the windpipe of (a person or animal) until death results from stoppage of respiration; to choke to death by compressing the throat, as with the hand or a rope.
To stifle, choke, or suffocate in any manner.
To hinder from appearance; to stifle; to suppress.
To be strangled, or suffocated.