'Press' definitions:

Definition of 'press'

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noun
The state of demanding notice or attention; "the insistence of their hunger"; "the press of business matters" [syn: imperativeness, insistence, insistency, press, pressure]
noun
The print media responsible for gathering and publishing news in the form of newspapers or magazines [syn: press, public press]
noun
A machine used for printing [syn: press, printing press]
noun
A dense crowd of people [syn: crush, jam, press]
noun
A tall piece of furniture that provides storage space for clothes; has a door and rails or hooks for hanging clothes [syn: wardrobe, closet, press]
noun
Clamp to prevent wooden rackets from warping when not in use
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Any machine that exerts pressure to form or shape or cut materials or extract liquids or compress solids [syn: press, mechanical press]
noun
A weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then smoothly lifted overhead [syn: press, military press]
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" [syn: press, pressure, pressing]
verb
Exert pressure or force to or upon; "He pressed down on the boards"; "press your thumb on this spot"
verb
Force or impel in an indicated direction; "I urged him to finish his studies" [syn: urge, urge on, press, exhort]
verb
To be oppressive or burdensome; "weigh heavily on the mind", "Something pressed on his mind" [syn: weigh, press]
verb
Place between two surfaces and apply weight or pressure; "pressed flowers"
verb
Squeeze or press together; "she compressed her lips"; "the spasm contracted the muscle" [syn: compress, constrict, squeeze, compact, contract, press]
verb
Crowd closely; "The crowds pressed along the street"
verb
Create by pressing; "Press little holes into the soft clay"
verb
Be urgent; "This is a pressing problem"
verb
Exert 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" [syn: crusade, fight, press, campaign, push, agitate]
verb
Press from a plastic; "press a record" [syn: press, press out]
verb
Make strenuous pushing movements during birth to expel the baby; "`Now push hard,' said the doctor to the woman" [syn: press, push]
verb
Press and smooth with a heated iron; "press your shirts"; "she stood there ironing" [syn: iron, iron out, press]
verb
Lift weights; "This guy can press 300 pounds" [syn: weight- lift, weightlift, press]
verb
Ask for or request earnestly; "The prophet bid all people to become good persons" [syn: bid, beseech, entreat, adjure, press, conjure]

Definition of 'Press'

From: GCIDE
  • Press \Press\, n. [For prest, confused with press.] A commission to force men into public service, particularly into the navy. [1913 Webster]
  • I have misused the king's press. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Press'

From: GCIDE
  • Press \Press\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pressed; p. pr. & vb. n. Pressing.] [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. [1913 Webster]
  • Good measure, pressed down, and shaken together. --Luke vi. 38. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To squeeze, in order to extract the juice or contents of; to squeeze out, or express, from something. [1913 Webster]
  • From sweet kernels pressed, She tempers dulcet creams. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • And I took the grapes, and pressed them into Pharaoh's cup, and I gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand. --Gen. xl. 11. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To embrace closely; to hug. [1913 Webster]
  • Leucothoe shook at these alarms, And pressed Palemon closer in her arms. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. To oppress; to bear hard upon. [1913 Webster]
  • Press not a falling man too far. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. To straiten; to distress; as, to be pressed with want or hunger. [1913 Webster]
  • 7. To exercise very powerful or irresistible influence upon or over; to constrain; to force; to compel. [1913 Webster]
  • Paul was pressed in the spirit, and testified to the Jews that Jesus was Christ. --Acts xviii. 5. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • He pressed a letter upon me within this hour. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • Be sure to press upon him every motive. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
  • 9. To drive with violence; to hurry; to urge on; to ply hard; as, to press a horse in a race. [1913 Webster]
  • The posts . . . went cut, being hastened and pressed on, by the king's commandment. --Esther viii. 14. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Pressed brick. See under Brick. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Press'

From: GCIDE
  • Press \Press\, n. (Zool.) 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. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Press'

From: GCIDE
  • Press \Press\, v. t. [Corrupt. fr. prest ready money advanced, a loan; hence, earnest money given soldiers on entering service. See Prest, n.] To force into service, particularly into naval service; to impress. [1913 Webster]
  • To peaceful peasant to the wars is pressed. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Press'

From: GCIDE
  • Press \Press\, n. [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. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Specifically, a printing press. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. An upright case or closet for the safe keeping of articles; as, a clothes press. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. The act of pressing or thronging forward. [1913 Webster]
  • In their throng and press to that last hold. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. Urgent demands of business or affairs; urgency; as, a press of engagements. [1913 Webster]
  • 7. A multitude of individuals crowded together; ? crowd of single things; a throng. [1913 Webster]
  • They could not come nigh unto him for the press. --Mark ii. 4. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Press'

From: GCIDE
  • Press \Press\, v. i.
  • 1. To exert pressure; to bear heavily; to push, crowd, or urge with steady force. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • They pressed upon him for to touch him. --Mark iii. 10. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To urge with vehemence or importunity; to exert a strong or compelling influence; as, an argument presses upon the judgment. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'press'

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Words containing 'Press'