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Press   /prɛs/   Listen
Press

noun
1.
The state of demanding notice or attention.  Synonyms: imperativeness, insistence, insistency, pressure.  "The press of business matters"
2.
The print media responsible for gathering and publishing news in the form of newspapers or magazines.  Synonym: public press.
3.
A machine used for printing.  Synonym: printing press.
4.
A dense crowd of people.  Synonyms: crush, jam.
5.
A tall piece of furniture that provides storage space for clothes; has a door and rails or hooks for hanging clothes.  Synonyms: closet, wardrobe.
6.
Clamp to prevent wooden rackets from warping when not in use.
7.
Any machine that exerts pressure to form or shape or cut materials or extract liquids or compress solids.  Synonym: mechanical press.
8.
A weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then smoothly lifted overhead.  Synonym: military press.
9.
The act of pressing; the exertion of pressure.  Synonyms: pressing, pressure.  "He used pressure to stop the bleeding" , "At the pressing of a button"
verb
(past & past part. pressed; pres. part. pressing)
1.
Exert pressure or force to or upon.  "Press your thumb on this spot"
2.
Force or impel in an indicated direction.  Synonyms: exhort, urge, urge on.
3.
To be oppressive or burdensome.  Synonym: weigh.  "Something pressed on his mind"
4.
Place between two surfaces and apply weight or pressure.
5.
Squeeze or press together.  Synonyms: compact, compress, constrict, contract, squeeze.  "The spasm contracted the muscle"
6.
Crowd closely.
7.
Create by pressing.
8.
Be urgent.
9.
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.  Synonyms: agitate, campaign, crusade, fight, push.  "She is crusading for women's rights" , "The Dean is pushing for his favorite candidate"
10.
Press from a plastic.  Synonym: press out.
11.
Make strenuous pushing movements during birth to expel the baby.  Synonym: push.
12.
Press and smooth with a heated iron.  Synonyms: iron, iron out.  "She stood there ironing"
13.
Lift weights.  Synonyms: weight-lift, weightlift.
14.
Ask for or request earnestly.  Synonyms: adjure, beseech, bid, conjure, entreat.



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"Press" Quotes from Famous Books



... dear sir, that you would like to have me withdraw," said the mother, with a smile. "Do not apologize, my son, that is only natural, and I dare not be jealous. My daughter belongs to you, and I have no longer the right to press into your secrets. So I will withdraw, and only God may hear what the lover has to say to his ...
— Marie Antoinette And Her Son • Louise Muhlbach
... wish—one which he often had when weeping women were before him—that he were an angel instead of a man, long enough to press the tearful cheek upon his breast, and assure the weeper God would not let the lawyers and judges hurt her. He allowed a few moments more ...
— Old Creole Days • George Washington Cable
... ethnography. The Carib women in Surinam think that large calves of the leg are a beauty. Therefore they bind the leg above the ankle to make the calves larger. They begin the treatment on children.[385] Some Australian mothers press down their babies' noses. "They laugh at the sharp noses of Europeans, and call them tomahawk noses, preferring their own style."[386] The presence of two races side by side calls attention to the characteristic differences. Race vanity then produces an effort to emphasize the race characteristics. ...
— Folkways - A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals • William Graham Sumner
... of the love of God and of Christ will do nothing but harm; wherefore they are not empty notions that I press thee to rest in, but that thou labor after the knowledge of the savor of this good ointment which the apostle calls "the savor of the knowledge of this Lord Jesus." Know it until it becomes sweet or pleasant to thy soul, and then it will preserve and keep thee. Make this love of God and of Christ ...
— The Riches of Bunyan • Jeremiah Rev. Chaplin
... mountain regions where population has begun to press upon the meager limits of subsistence, level land and soil are at a premium. In ancient Peru space was begrudged for the dead.[1293] Cities covered considerable space on the roomy intermontane plateaus; but in the narrow ...
— Influences of Geographic Environment - On the Basis of Ratzel's System of Anthropo-Geography • Ellen Churchill Semple


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