| press | |
| 1. n. A device used to apply pressure to an item. | |
| a flower press | |
| 2. n. A printing machine. | |
| Stop the presses! | |
| 3. n. A collective term for the print-based media (both the people and the newspapers). | |
| according to a member of the press; This article appeared in the press. | |
| 4. n. A publisher. | |
| 5. n. (especially in Ireland and Scotland) An enclosed storage space (e.g. closet, cupboard). | |
| Put the cups in the press. Put the ironing in the linen press. | |
| 6. n. (weightlifting) An exercise in which weight is forced away from the body by extension of the arms or legs. | |
| 7. n. (wagering) 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. | |
| 8. n. Pure, unfermented grape juice. | |
| I would like some Concord press with my meal tonight. | |
| 9. n. A commission to force men into public service, particularly into the navy. | |
| 10. n. (obsolete) A crowd. | |
| 11. v. to exert weight or force against, to act upon with force or weight | |
| 12. v. to compress, squeeze | |
| to press fruit for the purpose of extracting the juice | |
| 13. v. to clasp, hold in an embrace; to hug | |
| She took her son, and press'd | |
| The illustrious infant to her fragrant breast (Dryden, Illiad, VI. 178.) | |
| 14. v. to reduce to a particular shape or form by pressure, especially flatten or smooth | |
| to press cloth with an iron | |
| to press a hat | |
| 15. v. (transitive, sewing) 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. | |
| 16. v. to drive or thrust by pressure, to force in a certain direction | |
| to press a crowd back | |
| 17. v. (transitive, obsolete) to weigh upon, oppress, trouble | |
| He turns from us; | |
| Alas, he weeps too! Something presses him | |
| He would reveal, but dare not.-Sir, be comforted. (Fletcher, Pilgrim, I. 2.) | |
| 18. v. to force to a certain end or result; to urge strongly, impel | |
| 19. v. To try to force (something upon someone); to urge or inculcate. | |
| to press the Bible on an audience | |
| 20. v. to hasten, urge onward | |
| to press a horse in a race | |
| 21. v. to urge, beseech, entreat | |
| God heard their prayers, wherein they earnestly pressed him for the honor of his great name. (Winthrop, Hist. New England, II. 35) | |
| 22. v. to lay stress upon, emphasize | |
| 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 n | |
| 23. v. to throng, crowd | |
| 24. v. (transitive, obsolete) to print | |
| 25. v. To force into service, particularly into naval service. | |
