press.
An instance of applying pressure; an instance of pressing.
Meaning & usage
An instance of applying pressure; an instance of pressing.
A device used to apply pressure to an item.
a flower press
a cheese press
A crowd.
A printing machine.
Stop the presses!
The print-based media (both the people and the newspapers).
according to a member of the press
This article appeared in the press.
A publisher.
An enclosed storage space (e.g. closet, cupboard).
Put the cups in the press.
Put the ironing in the linen press.
An exercise in which weight is forced away from the body by extension of the arms or legs.
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.
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.
In personology, any environmental factor that arouses a need in the individual.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English presse (“throng, crowd, clothespress”), partially from Old English press (“clothespress”) (from Medieval Latin pressa) and from Old French presse (Modern French presse) from Old French presser (“to press”), from Latin pressāre, from pressus, past participle of premere (“to press”). Chiefly displaced native Middle English thring (“press, crowd, throng”) (from Old English þring (“a press, crowd, anything that presses or confines”)). see English thring
To exert weight or force against, to act upon with force or weight; to exert pressure upon.
To activate a button or key by exerting a downward or forward force on it, and then releasing it.
To compress, squeeze.
to press fruit for the purpose of extracting the juice
To clasp, hold in an embrace.
To reduce to a particular shape or form by pressure, especially flatten or smooth.
to press cloth with a clothes-iron
to press a hat
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 weight away from the body by extending the arms or legs.
To weigh upon, oppress, trouble.
To force to a certain end or result; to urge strongly.
To try to force (something upon someone).
to press the Bible on an audience
To hasten, urge onward.
to press a horse in a race
To urge, beseech, entreat.
To lay stress upon.
To throng, crowd.
To print.
To force into service, particularly into naval service.
Where this word comes from
From 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 þrǣstan (“to press, force”)), Old English þryscan (“to press”), Old English þȳwan (“to press, impress”).
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