press

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Roll paper in printing press

noun

Press is a machine that uses pressure to print or squeeze, or a person or business involved with news or media.
1. An example of a press is a printing press.
2. An example of the press is The Washington Post.

verb

To press is defined as to push or apply steady force or squeeze.
1. An example of to press is pushing a button on a blender to make it start.
2. An example of to press is ironing wrinkles out of a shirt.
3. An example of to press is to squeeze the juice out of grapes to make wine.

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press

to act on with steady force or weight; push steadily against; squeeze
to depress or touch (a button, key, etc.) as in using an elevator, keyboard, etc.
1. to extract juice, etc. from by squeezing
2. to squeeze (juice, etc.) out
1. to squeeze for the purpose of making smooth, compact, etc.; compress
2. to iron (clothes, etc.), esp. with a heavy iron or steam machine
to embrace closely
to force; compel; constrain
to urge or request earnestly or persistently; entreat; importune
to impose by persistent entreaty; try to force: to press a gift on a friend
to lay stress on; be insistent about; emphasize
to distress or trouble; harass
to urge on; drive quickly
to shape (a phonograph record, metal or plastic products, etc.) by use of a form or matrix
Archaic to crowd; throng
Obs. oppress

Origin of press

Middle English pressen from Middle French presser from Classical Latin pressare, frequentative of premere, to press from Indo-European base an unverified form per-, to strike from source Old Church Slavonic p'rati, to strike

to exert pressure; specif.,
1. to weigh down; bear heavily
2. to go forward with energetic or determined effort
3. to force one's way
4. to crowd; throng
5. to be urgent or insistent
6. to try too hard: he strikes out often because he is pressing
to react to being pressed, or ironed: this fabric presses well
to iron clothes, etc.

a pressing or being pressed; pressure, urgency, etc.
a crowd; throng
an instrument or machine by which something is crushed, squeezed, stamped, smoothed, etc. by pressure
a viselike device in which a tennis racket, etc. can be stored to keep it from warping
the condition of clothes as to smoothness, creases, etc. after pressing
1. printing press
2. a printing or publishing establishment
3. the art, business, or practice of printing
4. newspapers, magazines, news services, etc. in general, or the persons who write for them; journalism or journalists
5. publicity, criticism, etc. in newspapers, magazines, etc.: to receive bad press
a cabinet for storing clothes or other articles; wardrobe, cupboard, etc.
Basketball a defensive tactic in which offensive players are guarded very closely, usually over the full court
Weight Lifting a lift in which the barbell or weight is pushed away from the body using the arms or legs

press Idioms

go to press

to start to be printed or to begin printing: said as of an edition of a newspaper, book, etc.

to force into military or naval service; impress
to force or urge into any kind of service
to use in a way different from the ordinary, esp. in an emergency

Origin of press

altered (infl. by press) from obsolete prest, to enlist for military service by advance pay from Old French prester from Classical Latin praestare, to vouch for, warrant from praes, surety ( from prae-, pre- + vas, bail, surety: for Indo-European base see wed) + stare, to stand

an impressment, or forcing into service, esp. naval or military service
Obs. an order for impressing recruits

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press

verb

pressed, press·ing, press·es

verb

transitive

a. To exert steady weight or force against: an indentation where the rock pressed the ground.
b. To move by applying pressure: press a piano key; press one's face into a pillow.
c. To squeeze or clasp in fondness or concern: pressed her hand before leaving.
a. To squeeze the juice or other contents from: press lemons.
b. To extract (juice, for example) by squeezing or compressing.
a. To reshape or make compact by applying steady force; compress: pressed the clay in a mold.
b. To iron (clothing, for example).
c. To make (a sound recording), originally by pressing (a vinyl phonograph record) under pressure in a mold.
a. To bear down on or attack: The army pressed the rebels for months.
b. To carry on or advance vigorously (an attack, for instance).
c. To place in trying or distressing circumstances: Are you pressed for money?
a. To insist upon or put forward insistently: press a claim; press an argument.
b. To try to influence or persuade, as by insistent arguments; pressure or entreat: He pressed her for a reply.
c. To insist that someone accept (something). Often used with on or upon : was given to pressing peculiar gifts upon his nieces.
Sports To lift (a weight) to a position above the head without moving the legs.

verb

intransitive

To exert force or pressure: felt the backpack pressing on her shoulders.
To be worrisome or depressing; weigh heavily: Guilt pressed upon his conscience.
a. To advance eagerly; move forward urgently: We pressed through the crowd to get to the bus.
b. To assemble closely and in large numbers; crowd: Fans pressed around the movie star.
To continue a course of action, especially in spite of difficulties: decided to press ahead with the performance even with a sore throat.
To require haste or urgent action: matters that have not stopped pressing.
To employ urgent persuasion or entreaty: The supervisor has been pressing to get us to finish the project sooner.
To iron clothes or other material.
Sports To raise or lift a weight in a press.
Basketball To employ a press.
Sports In golf, to try to hit long or risky shots, typically with unsuccessful results.

noun

Any of various machines or devices that apply pressure: a cider press.
A printing press.
a. A place or establishment where matter is printed: sent the book's files to the press.
b. A publishing company: Which press has acquired that manuscript?
a. The communications media considered as a whole, especially the agencies that collect, publish, transmit, or broadcast news and other information to the public: freedom of the press; got a job writing for the press.
b. News or other information disseminated to the public in printed, broadcast, or electronic form: kept the scandal out of the press.
c. The people involved in the media, as news reporters and broadcasters: took questions from the press after her speech.
d. The kind or extent of coverage a person or event receives in the media: “Like the pool hall and the tattoo parlor, the motorcycle usually gets a bad press” ( R.Z. Sheppard )
a. A large gathering; a crowd: lost our friend in the press of people.
b. The act of gathering in large numbers or of pushing forward: The press of the crowd broke the gates.
An act of pressing down or applying pressure: with the press of a button.
The haste or urgency of business or matters: the press of the day's events.
The set of proper creases in a garment or fabric, formed by ironing.
Chiefly Scots and Irish An upright closet or case used for storing clothing, books, or other articles.
Sports A lift in weightlifting in which the weight is raised to shoulder level and then steadily pushed straight overhead without movement of the legs.
Basketball An aggressive defense tactic in which players guard opponents closely, often over the entire court.

Origin of press

Middle English pressen from Old French presser from Latin pressāre frequentative of premere to press ; see per-⁴ in Indo-European roots.

transitive verb

pressed, press·ing, press·es

To force into service in the army or navy; impress.
a. To take arbitrarily or by force, especially for public use.
b. To use in a manner different from the usual or intended, especially in an emergency.

noun

Conscription or impressment into service, especially into the army or navy.
Obsolete An official warrant for impressing men into military service.

Origin of press

Alteration of obsolete prest to hire for military service by advance payment from Middle English enlistment money, loan from Old French from prester to lend from Medieval Latin praestāre from Latin to furnish from praestō present, at hand ; see ghes- in Indo-European roots.

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Noun

(countable and uncountable, plural presses)

(countable) A device used to apply pressure to an item.
a flower press
1. (countable) A printing machine.
  Stop the presses!
(uncountable) A collective term for the print-based media (both the people and the newspapers).
This article appeared in the press.
according to a member of the press
(countable) A publisher.
(countable) (especially in Ireland and Scotland) An enclosed storage space (e.g. closet, cupboard).
Put the cups in the press.
Put the ironing in the linen press.
(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.
He can even the match with a press.
(countable) Pure, unfermented grape juice.
I would like some Concord press with my meal tonight.
A commission to force men into public service, particularly into the navy.

Origin

Middle English presse (“throng, crowd, clothespress"), partially from Old English press (“clothespress"), from Medieval Latin pressa, and partially from Old French presse (Modern French presse) from Old French presser (“to press"), from Latin pressÄre from pressus, past participle of premere "to press". Displaced native Middle English thring (“press, crowd, throng") (from Old English Ã¾ring (“a press, crowd, anything that presses or confines")).

Verb

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

(intransitive) to exert weight or force against, to act upon with with force or weight
to compress, squeeze
to press fruit for the purpose of extracting the juice
to clasp, hold in an embrace; to hug
She took her son, and press'd
The illustrious infant to her fragrant breast (Dryden, Illiad, VI. 178.)
to reduce to a particular shape or form by pressure, especially flatten or smooth
to press cloth with an iron
to press a hat
(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.
to drive or thrust by pressure, to force in a certain direction
to press a crowd back
to force to a certain end or result; to urge strongly, impel
To try to force (something upon someone); to urge or inculcate.
to press the Bible on an audience
to hasten, urge onward
to press a horse in a race
to urge, beseech, entreat
God heard their prayers, wherein they earnestly pressed him for the honor of his great name. (Winthrop, Hist. New England, II. 35)
to lay stress upon, emphasize
If we read but a very little, we naturally want to press it all; if we read a great deal, we are willing not to press the whole of what we read, and we learn what ought to be pressed and what not. (M. Arnold, Literature and Dogma, Pref.)
(intransitive) to throng, crowd
To force into service, particularly into naval service.

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Origin

Middle English pressen (“to crowd, thring, press"), from Old French presser (“to press") (Modern French presser) from Latin pressÄre from pressus, past participle of premere "to press". Displaced native Middle English thringen (“to press, crowd, throng") (from Old English Ã¾ringan (“to press, crowd")), Middle English thrasten (“to press, force, urge") (from Old English Ã¾rÇ£stan (“to press, force")), Old English Ã¾ryscan (“to press"), Old English Ã¾È³wan (“to press, impress").

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