press
Plural: presses
Noun
- the state of demanding notice or attention
- "the press of business matters"
- the print media responsible for gathering and publishing news in the form of newspapers or magazines
- a machine used for printing
- a dense crowd of people
- a tall piece of furniture that provides storage space for clothes; has a door and rails or hooks for hanging clothes
- clamp to prevent wooden rackets from warping when not in use
- any machine that exerts pressure to form or shape or cut materials or extract liquids or compress solids
- a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then smoothly lifted overhead
- the act of pressing; the exertion of pressure
- "he gave the button a press"
- "he used pressure to stop the bleeding"
- "at the pressing of a button"
- An instance of applying pressure; an instance of pressing.
- A device used to apply pressure to an item.
- A crowd.
- A printing machine.
- The print-based media (both the people and the newspapers).
- A publisher.
- An enclosed storage space (e.g. closet, cupboard).
- 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.
- Pure, unfermented grape juice.
- A commission to force men into public service, particularly into the navy.
- In personology, any environmental factor that arouses a need in the individual.
Verb
Verb Forms: pressed, pressing, presses
- To apply force or weight to something.
- exert pressure or force to or upon
- "He pressed down on the boards"
- "press your thumb on this spot"
- force or impel in an indicated direction
- to be oppressive or burdensome; ,
- "Something pressed on his mind"
- place between two surfaces and apply weight or pressure
- "pressed flowers"
- squeeze or press together
- "she compressed her lips"
- crowd closely
- "The crowds pressed along the street"
- create by pressing
- "Press little holes into the soft clay"
- be urgent
- "This is a pressing problem"
- 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
- press from a plastic
- "press a record"
- make strenuous pushing movements during birth to expel the baby
- press and smooth with a heated iron
- "press your shirts"
- lift weights
- "This guy can press 300 pounds"
- ask for or request earnestly
- 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 clasp, hold in an embrace.
- To reduce to a particular shape or form by pressure, especially flatten or smooth.
- 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 weigh upon, oppress, trouble.
- To force to a certain end or result; to urge strongly.
- To try to force (something upon someone).
- To hasten, urge onward.
- To urge, beseech, entreat.
- To lay stress upon.
- To throng, crowd.
- To print.
- To force into service, particularly into naval service.
Examples
- a flower press
- according to a member of the press
- He can even the match with a press.
- He had to press his luck, hoping his risky play wouldn’t be challenged in Scrabble.
- I would like some Concord press with my meal tonight.
- Put the cups in the press.
- Put the ironing in the linen press.
- Stop the presses!
- This article appeared in the press.
- to press a crowd back
- to press a hat
- to press a horse in a race
- to press cloth with a clothes-iron
- to press fruit for the purpose of extracting the juice
- to press the Bible on an audience
Origin / Etymology
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”). Displaced native Middle English thring (“press, crowd, throng”) (from Old English þring (“a press, crowd, anything that presses or confines”)).
Synonyms
adjure, agitate, beseech, bid, campaign, closet, compact, compress, conjure, constrict, contract, crusade, crush, entreat, exhort, fight, imperativeness, insistence, insistency, iron, iron out, jam, mechanical press, military press, press out, pressing, pressure, printing press, public press, push, squeeze, urge, urge on, wardrobe, weigh, weight-lift, weightlift, assemble, astringe, begather, collect, compactify, condense, congregate, congress, crowd, cupboard, densitize, depress, emphasize, fall in with, flock, forgather, gather, gather up, group, herd, hit, hug, impel, inculcate, league, mash, mass, meet, meet up, muster, pack, pantry, press, press-gang, scrunch, smush, squash, squish, squoosh, strike, team, team up, thring, throng, thrutch
Scrabble Score: 7
press: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordpress: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
press: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary