Definition of press

noun (n)

• the state of demanding notice or attention (noun.state)

  Synonym: imperativeness, insistence, insistency, pressure
  

  Example:
  The press of business matters.
  

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• the print media responsible for gathering and publishing news in the form of newspapers or magazines (noun.communication)

  Synonym: public press
  

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• a machine used for printing (noun.artifact)

  Synonym: printing press
  

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• a dense crowd of people (noun.group)

  Synonym: crush, jam
  

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• a tall piece of furniture that provides storage space for clothes; has a door and rails or hooks for hanging clothes (noun.artifact)

  Synonym: closet, wardrobe
  

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• clamp to prevent wooden rackets from warping when not in use (noun.artifact)

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• any machine that exerts pressure to form or shape or cut materials or extract liquids or compress solids (noun.artifact)

  Synonym: mechanical press
  

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• a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then smoothly lifted overhead (noun.act)

  Synonym: military press
  

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• the act of pressing; the exertion of pressure (noun.act)

  Synonym: pressing, pressure
  

  Example:
  He gave the button a press.
  He used pressure to stop the bleeding.
  At the pressing of a button.
  

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• 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. (noun)

  source: webster1913
• A commission to force men into public service, particularly into the navy. (noun)

  source: webster1913
• 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. (noun)

  source: webster1913

verb (v)

• exert pressure or force to or upon (verb.contact)

  Example:
  He pressed down on the boards.
  Press your thumb on this spot.
  

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• force or impel in an indicated direction (verb.communication)

  Synonym: exhort, urge, urge on
  

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• to be oppressive or burdensome (verb.stative)

  Synonym: weigh
  

  Example:
  Something pressed on his mind.
  

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• place between two surfaces and apply weight or pressure (verb.contact)

  Example:
  Pressed flowers.
  

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• squeeze or press together (verb.contact)

  Synonym: compact, compress, constrict, contract, squeeze
  

  Example:
  She compressed her lips.
  

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• crowd closely (verb.motion)

  Example:
  The crowds pressed along the street.
  

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• create by pressing (verb.creation)

  Example:
  Press little holes into the soft clay.
  

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• be urgent (verb.stative)

  Example:
  This is a pressing problem.
  

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• 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 (verb.social)

  Synonym: agitate, campaign, crusade, fight, push
  

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• press from a plastic (verb.creation)

  Synonym: press out
  

  Example:
  Press a record.
  

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• make strenuous pushing movements during birth to expel the baby (verb.contact)

  Synonym: push
  

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• press and smooth with a heated iron (verb.contact)

  Synonym: iron, iron out
  

  Example:
  Press your shirts.
  

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• lift weights (verb.competition)

  Synonym: weight-lift, weightlift
  

  Example:
  This guy can press 300 pounds.
  

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• ask for or request earnestly (verb.communication)

  Synonym: adjure, beseech, bid, conjure, entreat
  

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• To force into service, particularly into naval service; to impress. (verb)

  source: webster1913
• 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. (verb)

  source: webster1913
• To exert pressure; to bear heavily; to push, crowd, or urge with steady force. (verb)

  source: webster1913

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