press > 23 senses| NOUN | 1 | press, fourth estate | Newspaper writers and photographers |
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| 2 | press, imperativeness, insistence, insistency, pressure | The state of urgently demanding notice or attention |
| 3 | press, public press | The gathering and publishing of news in the form of newspapers or magazines |
| 4 | press, printing press | A machine used for printing |
| 5 | press, crush, jam | A dense crowd of people |
| 6 | press, wardrobe, closet | A tall piece of furniture that provides storage space for clothes |
| 7 | press | Clamp to prevent wooden rackets from warping when not in use |
| 8 | press, mechanical press | Any machine that exerts pressure to form or shape or cut materials or extract liquids or compress solids |
| 9 | press, military press | A weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then smoothly lifted overhead |
| 10 | press, pressure, pressing | The act of pressing |
| VERB | 1 | press | Exert pressure or force to or upon |
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| 2 | press, urge, urge on, exhort | Force or impel in an indicated direction |
| 3 | press, weigh | To be oppressive or burdensome |
| 4 | press | Place between two surfaces and apply weight or pressure |
| 5 | press, compress, constrict, squeeze, compact, contract | Squeeze or press together |
| 6 | press | Crowd closely |
| 7 | press | Create by pressing |
| 8 | press | Be urgent |
| 9 | press, crusade, fight, campaign, push, agitate | Exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person |
| 10 | press, press out | Press from a plastic |
| 11 | press, push | Make strenuous pushing movements during birth to expel the baby |
| 12 | press, weight-lift, weightlift | Lift weights |
| 13 | press, bid, beseech, entreat, adjure, conjure | Ask for or request earnestly |
press > verb 1, contact| Meaning | Exert pressure or force to or upon. |
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| Pattern | Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP; Somebody ----s PP |
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| Examples | "He pressed down on the boards"; "press your thumb on this spot" |
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| Entailed by | compress, compact, pack together; impress, imprint; push, force |
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| Narrower | squeeze; squash, crush, squelch, mash, squeeze; crunch, cranch, craunch, grind; drag down, bear down, bear down on, press down on, weigh down; knuckle; push |
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| Broader | touch |
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| Nouns | pressure; press, pressure, pressing |
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press > verb 5, contact| Meaning | Squeeze or press together. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
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| Examples | "she compressed her lips" |
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| Synonyms | compress, constrict, squeeze, compact, contract |
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| Entailed by | wring out, squeeze out; strangle, strangulate, throttle |
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| Narrower | choke, strangle; prim; astringe; strangulate; convulse; convulse; bear down, overbear; choke, gag, fret; choke, scrag |
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| Broader | tighten |
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| Nouns | press, pressing |
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press > verb 9, social| Meaning | 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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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody |
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| Synonyms | crusade, fight, campaign, push, agitate |
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| Broader | advertise, advertize, promote, push |
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| Similar to | advertise, advertize, promote, push |
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