transitive verb

1. to press out or squeeze out (juice, etc.)
2. to get by pressure; elicit by force; extort
3. to put into words; represent by language; state
4. 1. to make known; reveal; show his face expressed sorrow
   2. to show (a genetic trait)
5. to picture, represent, or symbolize in music, art, etc.
6. to show by sign; symbolize; signify the sign + expresses addition
7. ☆ to send by express

Etymology: ME expressen < ML expressare < L expressus, pp. of exprimere, to express, lit., force out < ex-, out + premere: see press

adjective

1. 1. expressed and not implied; explicit to give express orders
   2. specific his express reason for going
2. exact she is the express image of her aunt
3. made for or suited to a special purpose express regulations

4. Etymology: orig., for the express purpose of running to one station

   fast, direct, and making few stops an express train
5. characterized by speed or velocity; specif.,
   1. for fast driving an express highway
   2. high-speed an express bullet
   3. for high-speed projectiles an express rifle
   4. having to do with railway express, pony express, etc.

Etymology: ME & OFr expres < L expressus

adverb

noun

1. Chiefly Brit.
   1. a special messenger; courier
   2. a message delivered by such a messenger; dispatch sent swiftly
2. 1. an express train, bus, elevator, etc.
   2. an express rifle
3. the pony express
4. ☆
   1. a method or service for transporting goods or sending money or mail rapidly, but at extra cost
   2. the goods transported or money sent by express
   3. a business concern operating such a service
5. any method or means of swift transmission