Press definition
A printing press.
noun
To squeeze the juice or other contents from.
Press lemons.
verb
Any of various machines or devices that apply pressure.
A cider press.
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An act of pressing down or applying pressure.
With the press of a button.
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The haste or urgency of business or matters.
The press of the day's events.
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The set of proper creases in a garment or fabric, formed by ironing.
noun
To move by applying pressure.
Press a piano key; press one's face into a pillow.
verb
To squeeze or clasp in fondness or concern.
Pressed her hand before leaving.
verb
(chiefly scots and irish) An upright closet or case used for storing clothing, books, or other articles.
noun
(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.
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To force into service in the army or navy; impress.
verb
To act on with steady force or weight; push steadily against; squeeze.
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To depress or touch (a button, key, etc.) as in using an elevator, keyboard, etc.
verb
To embrace closely.
verb
To force; compel; constrain.
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To impose by persistent entreaty; try to force.
To press a gift on a friend.
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To lay stress on; be insistent about; emphasize.
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To distress or trouble; harass.
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To urge on; drive quickly.
verb
To shape (a phonograph record, metal or plastic products, etc.) by use of a form or matrix.
verb
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(archaic) To crowd; throng.
verb
To extract juice, etc. from by squeezing.
verb
To exert pressure.
- To weigh down; bear heavily.
- To go forward with energetic or determined effort.
- To force one's way.
- To crowd; throng.
- To be urgent or insistent.
- To try too hard.He strikes out often because he is pressing.
verb
To react to being pressed, or ironed.
This fabric presses well.
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To iron clothes, etc.
verb
A pressing or being pressed; pressure, urgency, etc.
noun
A crowd; throng.
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An instrument or machine by which something is crushed, squeezed, stamped, smoothed, etc. by pressure.
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A viselike device in which a tennis racket, etc. can be stored to keep it from warping.
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The condition of clothes as to smoothness, creases, etc. after pressing.
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A cabinet for storing clothes or other articles; wardrobe, cupboard, etc.
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(basketball) A defensive tactic in which offensive players are guarded very closely, usually over the full court.
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(weight lifting) A lift in which the barbell or weight is pushed away from the body using the arms or legs.
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To press is defined as to push or apply steady force or squeeze.
An example of to press is pushing a button on a blender to make it start.
An example of to press is ironing wrinkles out of a shirt.
An example of to press is to squeeze the juice out of grapes to make wine.
verb
Press is a machine that uses pressure to print or squeeze, or a person or business involved with news or media.
An example of a press is a printing press.
An example of the press is The Washington Post.
noun
To extract (juice, for example) by squeezing or compressing.
verb
To reshape or make compact by applying steady force; compress.
Pressed the clay in a mold.
verb
To iron (clothing, for example).
verb
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To make (a sound recording), originally by pressing (a vinyl phonograph record) under pressure in a mold.
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To bear down on or attack.
The army pressed the rebels for months.
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To carry on or advance vigorously (an attack, for instance).
verb
To place in trying or distressing circumstances.
Are you pressed for money?
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To insist upon or put forward insistently.
Press a claim; press an argument.
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To try to influence or persuade, as by insistent arguments; pressure or entreat.
He pressed her for a reply.
verb
To insist that someone accept (something). Often used with on or upon .
Was given to pressing peculiar gifts upon his nieces.
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To exert force or pressure.
Felt the backpack pressing on her shoulders.
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To be worrisome or depressing; weigh heavily.
Guilt pressed upon his conscience.
verb
To continue a course of action, especially in spite of difficulties.
Decided to press ahead with the performance even with a sore throat.
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To require haste or urgent action.
Matters that have not stopped pressing.
verb
To employ urgent persuasion or entreaty.
The supervisor has been pressing to get us to finish the project sooner.
verb
To iron clothes or other material.
verb
(sports) To raise or lift a weight in a press.
verb
(basketball) To employ a press.
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(sports) In golf, to try to hit long or risky shots, typically with unsuccessful results.
verb
To advance eagerly; move forward urgently.
We pressed through the crowd to get to the bus.
verb
To assemble closely and in large numbers; crowd.
Fans pressed around the movie star.
verb
(basketball) An aggressive defense tactic in which players guard opponents closely, often over the entire court.
noun
A place or establishment where matter is printed.
Sent the book's files to the press.
noun
A publishing company.
Which press has acquired that manuscript?
noun
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.
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News or other information disseminated to the public in printed, broadcast, or electronic form.
Kept the scandal out of the press.
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The people involved in the media, as news reporters and broadcasters.
Took questions from the press after her speech.
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The kind or extent of coverage a person or event receives in the media.
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A large gathering; a crowd.
Lost our friend in the press of people.
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The act of gathering in large numbers or of pushing forward.
The press of the crowd broke the gates.
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To take arbitrarily or by force, especially for public use.
verb
To use in a manner different from the usual or intended, especially in an emergency.
verb
Conscription or impressment into service, especially into the army or navy.
noun
(obsolete) An official warrant for impressing men into military service.
noun
To urge or request earnestly or persistently; entreat; importune.
verb
To squeeze (juice, etc.) out.
verb
To squeeze for the purpose of making smooth, compact, etc.; compress.
verb
To iron (clothes, etc.), esp. with a heavy iron or steam machine.
verb
A printing or publishing establishment.
noun
The art, business, or practice of printing.
noun
Newspapers, magazines, news services, etc. in general, or the persons who write for them; journalism or journalists.
noun
Publicity, criticism, etc. in newspapers, magazines, etc.
To receive bad press.
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To force into military or naval service; impress.
verb
To force or urge into any kind of service.
verb
To use in a way different from the ordinary, esp. in an emergency.
verb
An impressment, or forcing into service, esp. naval or military service.
noun
(obs.) An order for impressing recruits.
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(countable) A device used to apply pressure to an item.
- (countable) A printing machine.Stop the presses!.
A flower press.
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(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.
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(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.
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(countable) Pure, unfermented grape juice.
I would like some Concord press with my meal tonight.
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A commission to force men into public service, particularly into the navy.
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(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.
verb
To try to force (something upon someone); to urge or inculcate.
To press the Bible on an audience.
verb
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.)
verb
To force into service, particularly into naval service.
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(sports) To lift (a weight) to a position above the head without moving the legs.
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To exert steady weight or force against.
An indentation where the rock pressed the ground.
verb
go to press
- To be submitted for printing.
idiom
in press
- Submitted for printing; in the process of being printed.
idiom
press charges
- To bring a formal accusation of criminal wrongdoing against someone.
idiom
pressed for time
- In a hurry; under time pressure.
idiom
(informal) press the flesh
- To shake hands and mingle with many people, especially while campaigning for public office.
idiom
go to press
- to start to be printed or to begin printing
idiom
Idioms and Phrasal Verbs
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 ghes- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- Middle English pressen from Old French presser from Latin pressāre frequentative of premere to press per-4 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- Middle English pressen (“to crowd, thring, press"), from Old French presser (“to press") (Modern French presser) from Latin pressāre from pressus, past participle of premere "to press". Displaced native Middle English thringen (“to press, crowd, throng") (from Old English þringan (“to press, crowd")), Middle English thrasten (“to press, force, urge") (from Old English þrÇ£stan (“to press, force")), Old English þryscan (“to press"), Old English þȳwan (“to press, impress").
From Wiktionary
- 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 pressāre from pressus, past participle of premere "to press". Displaced native Middle English thring (“press, crowd, throng") (from Old English þring (“a press, crowd, anything that presses or confines")).
From Wiktionary