Pronunciations (4)
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/pɹɛs/
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/pɹes/
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- Australia
- New-Zealand
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/pɾɛs/
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- Scotland
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/pɻɛs/
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- Northern-Ireland
Noun
An instance of applying pressure; an instance of pressing.
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Connecting to the service is almost idiot proof and takes just a few button presses.
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a slaloming winger putting lumpen defenders on their backsides, or even a sneaky centre-forward, using his boundless energy to lead the press and force mistakes.
A device used to apply pressure to an item.
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a flower press
a cheese press
A crowd.
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And he sought to see Jesus who he was; and could not for the press, because he was little of stature.
The press in the square grew. Something would happen now.
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Imagine the press of humanity in a crowded Parisian brasserie, circa the era when Lagerfeld would have been patronizing such joints.
A printing machine.
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Stop the presses!
That books are pouring off the world’s presses at unprecedented rates is a fact often alluded to as a flood that is inundating libraries and the book trades.
The print-based media (both the people and the newspapers).
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according to a member of the press
This article appeared in the press.
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From another point of view, it was a place without a soul. The well-to-do had hearts of stone; the rich were brutally bumptious; the Press, the Municipality, all the public men, were ridiculously, vaingloriously self-satisfied.
British journalists shun complete respectability, feeling a duty to be ready to savage the mighty, or rummage through their bins. Elsewhere in Europe, government contracts and subsidies ensure that press barons will only defy the mighty so far.
A publisher.
Usage- Countable
An enclosed storage space (e.g. closet, cupboard).
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- in Ireland and Scotland
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Put the cups in the press.
Put the ironing in the linen press.
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But then I had the [massive] flintlock by me for protection. ¶[…]The linen-press and a chest on the top of it formed, however, a very good gun-carriage; and, thus mounted, aim could be taken out of the window at the old mare feeding in the meadow below by the brook, and a 'bead' could be drawn upon Molly, the dairymaid, kissing the fogger behind the hedge,[…].
An exercise in which weight is forced away from the body by extension of the arms or legs.
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This is the fourth set of benchpresses. There will be five more; then there will be five sets of presses on an inclined bench[…].
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.
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He can even the match with a press.
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The way a press works is, say you're two down after six holes; you can then start another bet (in effect another match) from the seventh hole, for the same amount, starting all square on the seventh tee.
When a side is two or more points down in the match, they may request a press.
Pure, unfermented grape juice.
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I would like some Concord press with my meal tonight.
A commission to force men into public service, particularly into the navy.
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I have misused the king's press.
In personology, any environmental factor that arouses a need in the individual.
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The environmental comfort category is illustrative of cases in which there are low environmental presses matched against a number of personal competences.
Verb
To exert weight or force against, to act upon with force or weight; to exert pressure upon.
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To activate a button or key by exerting a downward or forward force on it, and then releasing it.
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To compress, squeeze.
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to press fruit for the purpose of extracting the juice
To clasp, hold in an embrace.
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With tears and ſmiles ſhe took her ſon, and preſs'd / Th' illuſtrious infant to her fragrant breaſt.
To reduce to a particular shape or form by pressure, especially flatten or smooth.
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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.
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To drive or thrust by pressure, to force in a certain direction.
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to press a crowd back
To force weight away from the body by extending the arms or legs.
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Start with two weights on the floor. Grab one with your right hand, then curl or clean it to your shoulder, then press it overhead.
To weigh upon, oppress, trouble.
Usage- Obsolete
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He turns from us; / Alas, he weeps too! Something presses him / He would reveal, but dare not. Sir, be comforted.
To force to a certain end or result; to urge strongly.
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The two gentlemen who conducted me to the island were pressed by their private affairs to return in three days.
To try to force (something upon someone).
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to press the Bible on an audience
He press'd a letter upon me within this hour.
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Be sure to press upon him every motive.
To hasten, urge onward.
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to press a horse in a race
To urge, beseech, entreat.
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God heard their prayers, wherein they earnestly pressed him for the honor of his great name.
To lay stress upon.
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If we read but a very little, we naturally want to press it all; if we read a great deal, we are willing not to press the whole of what we read, and we learn what ought to be pressed and what not.
To throng, crowd.
Usage- Transitive or intransitive
To print.
Usage- Obsolete
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To force into service, particularly into naval service.
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The peaceful peasant to the wars is press'd.
Noun
the state of demanding notice or attention
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the insistence of their hunger
the press of business matters
the print media responsible for gathering and publishing news in the form of newspapers or magazines
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a machine used for printing
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a dense crowd of people
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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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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
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a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then smoothly lifted overhead
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the act of pressing; the exertion of pressure
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he gave the button a press
he used pressure to stop the bleeding
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at the pressing of a button
Verb
exert pressure or force to or upon
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He pressed down on the boards
press your thumb on this spot
force or impel in an indicated direction
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I urged him to finish his studies
to be oppressive or burdensome
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weigh heavily on the mind
Something pressed on his mind
place between two surfaces and apply weight or pressure
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pressed flowers
squeeze or press together
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she compressed her lips
the spasm contracted the muscle
crowd closely
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The crowds pressed along the street
create by pressing
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Press little holes into the soft clay
be urgent
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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
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The liberal party pushed for reforms
She is crusading for women's rights
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The Dean is pushing for his favorite candidate
press from a plastic
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press a record
make strenuous pushing movements during birth to expel the baby
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‘Now push hard,’ said the doctor to the woman
press and smooth with a heated iron
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press your shirts
she stood there ironing
lift weights
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This guy can press 300 pounds
ask for or request earnestly
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The prophet bid all people to become good persons