PRESS
\pɹˈɛs], \pɹˈɛs], \p_ɹ_ˈɛ_s]\
Definitions of PRESS
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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ask for or request earnestly; "The prophet bid all people to become good persons"
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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
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any machine that exerts pressure to form or shape or cut materials or extract liquids or compress solids
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a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then smoothly lifted overhead
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be urgent; "This is a pressing problem"
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clamp to prevent wooden rackets from warping when not in use
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make strenuous pushing movements during birth to expel the baby; "`Now push hard,' said the doctor to the woman"
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to be oppressive or burdensome; "weigh heavily on the mind", "Something pressed on his mind"
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the gathering and publishing of news in the form of newspapers or magazines
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lift weights; "This guy can press 300 pounds"
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place between two surfaces and apply weight or pressure; "pressed flowers"
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exert pressure or force to or upon; "He pressed down on the boards"; "press your thumb on this spot"
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press from a plastic; "press a record"
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create by pressing; "Press little holes into the soft clay"
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crowd closely; "The crowds pressed along the street"
By Princeton University
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ask for or request earnestly; "The prophet bid all people to become good persons"
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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
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any machine that exerts pressure to form or shape or cut materials or extract liquids or compress solids
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a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then smoothly lifted overhead
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be urgent; "This is a pressing problem"
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clamp to prevent wooden rackets from warping when not in use
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make strenuous pushing movements during birth to expel the baby; "`Now push hard,' said the doctor to the woman"
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to be oppressive or burdensome; "weigh heavily on the mind", "Something pressed on his mind"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
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To force into service, particularly into naval service; to impress.
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A commission to force men into public service, particularly into the navy.
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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.
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To squeeze, in order to extract the juice or contents of; to squeeze out, or express, from something.
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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.
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To embrace closely; to hug.
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To oppress; to bear hard upon.
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To straiten; to distress; as, to be pressed with want or hunger.
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To exercise very powerful or irresistible influence upon or over; to constrain; to force; to compel.
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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.
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To drive with violence; to hurry; to urge on; to ply hard; as, to press a horse in a race.
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To exert pressure; to bear heavily; to push, crowd, or urge with steady force.
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To move on with urging and crowding; to make one's way with violence or effort; to bear onward forcibly; to crowd; to throng; to encroach.
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To urge with vehemence or importunity; to exert a strong or compelling influence; as, an argument presses upon the judgment.
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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.
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Specifically, a printing press.
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The art or business of printing and publishing; hence, printed publications, taken collectively, more especially newspapers or the persons employed in writing for them; as, a free press is a blessing, a licentious press is a curse.
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An upright case or closet for the safe keeping of articles; as, a clothes press.
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The act of pressing or thronging forward.
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Urgent demands of business or affairs; urgency; as, a press of engagements.
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A multitude of individuals crowded together; / crowd of single things; a throng.
By Oddity Software
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To bear heavily down upon; squeeze or crush strongly; hug or embrace; urge; compel; crowd upon; to force to hurry; make smooth, as cloth, etc.; formerly, to force for service into the navy.
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To bear heavily; move forward with steady force; as, to press on one's way; collect in throngs; crowd; to be urgent or insistent; as, time presses.
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An instrument or machine for condensing, crushing, etc.; a printing machine; newspaper and magazine literature; as, the power of the press; a crowd; a throng; act of crowding forward; pressure; urgency of affairs; a closet with shelves.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To squeeze or crush strongly: to hug: to drive with violence: to bear heavily on: to distress: to urge: to inculcate with earnestness.
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To exert pressure: to push with force: to crowd: to go forward with violence: to urge with vehemence and importunity: to exert a strong influence.
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PRESSER.
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An instrument for squeezing bodies: a printing machine: the art or business of printing and publishing: act of urging forward: urgency: a crowd: a closet for holding articles,-THE PRESS, the literature of a country, esp. newspapers.
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(orig.) To engage men by prest or earnest-money for the public service: to carry men off by violence to become soldiers or sailors.
By Daniel Lyons
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A machine for pressing; printing machine; newspapers collectively; urgency; crowd; cupboard.
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To exert pressure; crowd; go forward.
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To squeeze; crowd; urge.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To crush; squeeze; compress; crowd; follow closely.
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To insist upon; urge.
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To smooth, as with an iron.
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To force into naval or military service.
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A crowd or crowding; throng.
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Hurry; urgency.
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A movable closet.
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A printing - press.
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Newspapers or periodicals collectively.
By James Champlin Fernald
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An instrument for subjecting matters to considerable pressure, for the purpose of separating the liquid from the solid portion.
By Robley Dunglison
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n. An instrument or machine of wood or iron for bruising, crushing, squeezing, compressing, smoothing, &c., of various forms, sizes, and power, according to the nature of the substances to be operated on-specifically, a machine for taking impressions from types or plates, printing press; usually classified as hand press, in which the pressure is surface or superficial ; and roller or steam press, in which it is lineal or cylindrical ;-hence the art or business of printing and publishing;-hence, publications in general; the printed literature of a country wooden frame or case, or a closet in which clothes or other articles are kept or stored ;-a crowd ; a throng; a multitude of people ;-act of pressing ; stress ;-pressure of affairs ; urgent demands as on time or attention in business a commission to force men into the naval service.
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