PRESS

press, pressure, pressing

(noun) the 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”

press, military press

(noun) a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then smoothly lifted overhead

press, mechanical press

(noun) any machine that exerts pressure to form or shape or cut materials or extract liquids or compress solids

press, printing press

(noun) a machine used for printing

press

(noun) clamp to prevent wooden rackets from warping when not in use

wardrobe, closet, press

(noun) a tall piece of furniture that provides storage space for clothes; has a door and rails or hooks for hanging clothes

press, public press

(noun) the print media responsible for gathering and publishing news in the form of newspapers or magazines

crush, jam, press

(noun) a dense crowd of people

imperativeness, insistence, insistency, press, pressure

(noun) the state of demanding notice or attention; “the insistence of their hunger”; “the press of business matters”

bid, beseech, entreat, adjure, press, conjure

(verb) ask for or request earnestly; “The prophet bid all people to become good persons”

urge, urge on, press, exhort

(verb) force or impel in an indicated direction; “I urged him to finish his studies”

weightlift, weight-lift, press

(verb) lift weights; “This guy can press 300 pounds”

compress, constrict, squeeze, compact, contract, press

(verb) squeeze or press together; “she compressed her lips”; “the spasm contracted the muscle”

press

(verb) place between two surfaces and apply weight or pressure; “pressed flowers”

iron, iron out, press

(verb) press and smooth with a heated iron; “press your shirts”; “she stood there ironing”

press

(verb) exert pressure or force to or upon; “He pressed down on the boards”; “press your thumb on this spot”

press, push

(verb) make strenuous pushing movements during birth to expel the baby; “‘Now push hard,’ said the doctor to the woman”

press, press out

(verb) press from a plastic; “press a record”

press

(verb) create by pressing; “Press little holes into the soft clay”

press

(verb) crowd closely; “The crowds pressed along the street”

weigh, press

(verb) to be oppressive or burdensome; “weigh heavily on the mind”; “Something pressed on his mind”

press

(verb) be urgent; “This is a pressing problem”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology 1

Noun

press (countable and uncountable, plural presses)

(countable) A device used to apply pressure to an item.

(countable) A printing machine.

Synonym: printing press

(uncountable, collective) The print-based media (both the people and the newspapers).

(countable) A publisher.

(countable, especially in Ireland and Scotland) An enclosed storage space (e.g. closet, cupboard).

(countable, weightlifting) An exercise in which weight is forced away from the body by extension of the arms or legs.

(countable, wagering) An additional bet in a golf match that duplicates an existing (usually losing) wager in value, but begins even at the time of the bet.

(countable) Pure, unfermented grape juice.

A commission to force men into public service, particularly into the navy.

Synonym: press-gang

(obsolete) A crowd.

Synonyms

• (storage space): See closet, cupboard, pantry

Etymology 2

Verb

press (third-person singular simple present presses, present participle pressing, simple past and past participle prest or pressed)

(ambitransitive) To exert weight or force against, to act upon with force or weight; to exert pressure upon.

(transitive, mechanics, electronics) To activate a button or key by exerting a downward or forward force on it, and then releasing it.

Synonyms: strike, hit, depress

(transitive) To compress, squeeze.

Synonyms: thring, thrutch, Thesaurus:compress

(transitive) To clasp, hold in an embrace.

Synonym: hug

(transitive) To reduce to a particular shape or form by pressure, especially flatten or smooth.

(transitive, sewing) To flatten a selected area of fabric using an iron with an up-and-down, not sliding, motion, so as to avoid disturbing adjacent areas.

(transitive) To drive or thrust by pressure, to force in a certain direction.

Synonyms: thring, thrutch

(transitive, obsolete) To weigh upon, oppress, trouble.

(transitive) To force to a certain end or result; to urge strongly.

Synonym: impel

To try to force (something upon someone).

Synonyms: urge, inculcate

(transitive) To hasten, urge onward.

(transitive) To urge, beseech, entreat.

(transitive) To lay stress upon.

Synonym: emphasize

(ambitransitive) To throng, crowd.

Synonyms: thring, thrutch, Thesaurus:assemble

(transitive, obsolete) To print.

To force into service, particularly into naval service.

Synonym: press-gang

Anagrams

• ERSPs, RESPs, SERPs, Spers

Source: Wiktionary

Press, n. (Zoöl.)

Definition: An East Indian insectivore (Tupaia ferruginea). It is arboreal in its habits, and has a bushy tail. The fur is soft, and varies from rusty red to maroon and to brownish black.

Press, v. t. Etym: [Corrupt. fr. prest ready money advanced, a loan; hence, earnest money given soldiers on entering service. See Prest, n.]

Definition: To force into service, particularly into naval service; to impress. To peaceful peasant to the wars is pressed. Dryden.

Press, n. Etym: [For prest, confused with press.]

Definition: A commission to force men into public service, particularly into the navy. I have misused the king's press. Shak. Press gang, or Pressgang, a detachment of seamen under the command of an officer empowered to force men into the naval service. See Impress gang, under Impress.

– Press money, money paid to a man enlisted into public service. See Prest money, under Prest, a.

Press, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pressed; p. pr. & vb. n. Pressing.] Etym: [F. presser, fr. L. pressare to press, fr. premere, pressum, to press. Cf. Print, v.]

1. To urge, or act upon, with force, as weight; to act upon by pushing or thrusting, in distinction from pulling; to crowd or compel by a gradual and continued exertion; to bear upon; to squeeze; to compress; as, we press the ground with the feet when we walk; we press the couch on which we repose; we press substances with the hands, fingers, or arms; we are pressed in a crowd. Good measure, pressed down, and shaken together. Luke vi. 38.

2. To squeeze, in order to extract the juice or contents of; to squeeze out, or express, from something. From sweet kernels pressed, She tempers dulcet creams. Milton. And I took the grapes, and pressed them into Pharaoh's cup, and I gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand. Gen. xl. 11.

3. To squeeze in or with suitable instruments or apparatus, in order to compact, make dense, or smooth; as, to press cotton bales, paper, etc.; to smooth by ironing; as, to press clothes.

4. To embrace closely; to hug. Leucothoe shook at these alarms, And pressed Palemon closer in her arms. Pope.

5. To oppress; to bear hard upon. Press not a falling man too far. Shak.

6. To straiten; to distress; as, to be pressed with want or hunger.

7. To exercise very powerful or irresistible influence upon or over; to constrain; to force; to compel. Paul was pressed in the spirit, and testified to the Jews that Jesus was Christ. Acts xviii. 5.

8. To try to force (something upon some one); to urge or inculcate with earnestness or importunity; to enforce; as, to press divine truth on an audience. He pressed a letter upon me within this hour. Dryden. Be sure to press upon him every motive. Addison.

9. To drive with violence; to hurry; to urge on; to ply hard; as, to press a horse in a race. The posts . . . went cut, being hastened and pressed on, by the king's commandment. Esther viii. 14.

Note: Press differs from drive and strike in usually denoting a slow or continued application of force; whereas drive and strike denote a sudden impulse of force. Pressed brick. See under Brick.

Press, v. i.

1. To exert pressure; to bear heavily; to push, crowd, or urge with steady force.

2. To move on with urging and crowding; to make one's way with violence or effort; to bear onward forcibly; to crowd; to throng; to encroach. They pressed upon him for to touch him. Mark iii. 10.

3. To urge with vehemence or importunity; to exert a strong or compelling influence; as, an argument presses upon the judgment.

Press, n. Etym: [F. presse. See 4th Press.]

1. An apparatus or machine by which any substance or body is pressed, squeezed, stamped, or shaped, or by which an impression of a body is taken; sometimes, the place or building containing a press or presses.

Note: Presses are differently constructed for various purposes in the arts, their specific uses being commonly designated; as, a cotton press, a wine press, a cider press, a copying press, etc. See Drill press.

2. Specifically, a printing press.

3. The art or business of printing and publishing; hence, printed publications, taken collectively, more especially newspapers or the persons employed in writing for them; as, a free press is a blessing, a licentious press is a curse.

4. An upright case or closet for the safe keeping of articles; as, a clothes press. Shak.

5. The act of pressing or thronging forward. In their throng and press to that last hold. Shak.

6. Urgent demands of business or affairs; urgency; as, a press of engagements.

7. A multitude of individuals crowded together; They could not come nigh unto him for the press. Mark ii. 4. Cylinder press, a printing press in which the impression is produced by a revolving cylinder under which the form passes; also, one in which the form of type or plates is curved around a cylinder, instead of resting on a flat bed. Hydrostatic press. See under Hydrostatic.

– Liberty of the press, the free right of publishing books, pamphlets, or papers, without previous restraint or censorship, subject only to punishment for libelous, seditious, or morally pernicious matters.

– Press bed, a bed that may be folded, and inclosed, in a press or closet. Boswell.

– Press of sail, (Naut.), as much sail as the state of the wind will permit.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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