press > 23 sensesNOUN | 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, contactMeaning | 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, contactMeaning | 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, socialMeaning | 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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