'Pressed' definitions:
Definition of 'pressed'
From: WordNet
adjective
Compacted by ironing
Definition of 'Pressed'
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]
Words containing 'Pressed'
- Press,
- Pressing,
- Pressingly,
- press down,
- press down on,
- press on,
- press out,
- Bramah press,
- Cheese press,
- Cider press,
- Copperplate press,
- Copying press,
- Cotton press,
- Cylinder press,
- Drill press,
- Drop press,
- Finishing press,
- Fly press,
- Foot press,
- Gang press,
- Gauffering press,
- Hay press,
- Hydraulic press,
- Hydrostatic press,
- Liberty of the press,
- Packing press,
- Perfecting press,
- Plate press,
- Power press,
- Press bed,
- Press cake,
- Press gang,
- Press money,
- Press of sail,
- Press proof,
- Press revise,
- Pressed brick,
- Pressed glass,
- Printing press,
- Punch press,
- Punching press,
- Rolling press,
- Screw press,
- Sewing press,
- Sterhydraulic press,
- Web press,
- Wheel press,
- Wine press,
- bad press,
- bench press,
- durable press,
- flatbed press,
- free press,
- freedom of the press,
- garlic press,
- gutter press,
- hard pressed,
- mechanical press,
- military press,
- permanent press,
- press agency,
- press agent,
- press association,
- press box,
- press charges,
- press clipping,
- press conference,
- press corps,
- press cutting,
- press gallery,
- press home,
- press lord,
- press notice,
- press of canvas,
- press photographer,
- press release,
- press run,
- press stud,
- press-up,
- public press,
- rotary press,
- standing press,
- stop press,
- trouser press,
- underground press,
- field press censorship,
- hard-pressed,
- incline bench press,
- permanent-press