1press1 (prɛs
)
Definitions
verb
- to apply or exert weight, force, or steady pressure on ⇒
he pressed the button on the camera
- (tr) to squeeze or compress so as to alter in shape or form
- to apply heat or pressure to (clothing) so as to smooth out or mark with creases; iron
- to make (objects) from soft material by pressing with a mould, form, etc, esp to make gramophone records from plastic
- (tr) to hold tightly or clasp, as in an embrace
- (tr) to extract or force out (juice) by pressure (from)
- (tr) weightlifting to lift (a weight) successfully with a press ⇒
he managed to press 280 pounds
- (tr) to force, constrain, or compel
- to importune or entreat (a person) insistently; urge ⇒
they pressed for an answer
- to harass or cause harassment
- (tr) to plead or put forward strongly or importunately ⇒
to press a claim
- (intr) to be urgent
- (tr; usually passive) to have little of ⇒
we're hard pressed for time
- intr, often foll by on or forward to hasten or advance or cause to hasten or advance in a forceful manner
- (intr) to crowd; throng; push
- (tr) (formerly) to put to death or subject to torture by placing heavy weights upon
- (tr) archaic to trouble or oppress
- See press charges
noun
- any machine that exerts pressure to form, shape, or cut materials or to extract liquids, compress solids, or hold components together while an adhesive joint is formed
- See printing press
- the art or process of printing
- See at the press
- See to press
- See the press
- See the press
- the opinions and reviews in the newspapers, etc ⇒
the play received a poor press
- the act of pressing or state of being pressed
- the act of crowding, thronging, or pushing together
- a closely packed throng of people; crowd; multitude
- urgency or hurry in business affairs
- a cupboard, esp a large one used for storing clothes or linen
- a wood or metal clamp or vice to prevent tennis rackets, etc, from warping when not in use
- weightlifting a lift in which the weight is raised to shoulder level and then above the head
Word Origin
C14 pressen, from Old French presser, from Latin pressāre, from premere to pressSynonyms
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2press2 (prɛs)
Definitions
verb (tr)
- to recruit (men) by forcible measures for military service
- to use for a purpose other than intended, (esp in the phrase press into service)
noun
- recruitment into military service by forcible measures, as by a press gang
Word Origin
C16: back formation from prest to recruit soldiers; see prest²; also influenced by pressC16: back formation from to recruit soldiers; see ²; also influenced by 1Quotations
"The job of the press is to encourage debate, not to supply the public with information"
"Thou god of our idolatry, the press...Thou fountain, at which drink the good and wise;Thou ever-bubbling spring of endless lies;Like Eden's dread probationary tree,Knowledge of good and evil is from thee"
Translations
- British English:
press
The press refers to newspapers and the journalists who write them.The model looked relaxed and calm as she faced the press.prɛs NOUN The model looked relaxed and calm as she faced the press.
- Spanish:
prensa
nf
- French:
presse
nf
- German:
Presse
nf
- Chinese: 新闻 n
- Arabic: صَحَافَة n
- Portuguese: prensa nf
- Russian: пресс nm
- Croatian: tisak nm
- Czech: lis nm
- Danish: presse nutr
- Dutch: pers nm
- Finnish: puristin n
- Greek: τύπος nm
- Italian: stampa nf
- Japanese: プレス機 n
- Korean: 압축기계 n
- Norwegian: presse nm
- Polish: prasa nf
- Brazilian Portuguese: prensa nf
- European Spanish:
prensa
nf
- Swedish: press nutr
- Thai: เครื่องบีบอัด n
- Turkish: pres n
- Vietnamese: máy ép n
- British English:
press
If you press something somewhere, you push it firmly against something else.He pressed his back against the door.prɛs VERB He pressed his back against the door.
- Spanish:
apretar
v
- French:
appuyer
vt
- German:
drücken
v
- Chinese: 压榨 v
- Arabic: يَضْغَط v
- Portuguese: comprimir v
- Russian: давить v
- Croatian: tiskati v
- Czech: stisknout v tisknout
- Danish: presse v
- Dutch: persen v
- Finnish: painaa v
- Greek: πιέζω v
- Italian: premere v
- Japanese: 押す v
- Korean: 누르다 v
- Norwegian: presse v
- Polish: nacisnąć v naciskać
- Brazilian Portuguese: comprimir v
- European Spanish:
apretar
v
- Swedish: pressa v
- Thai: การกดดัน v
- Turkish: bastırmak v
- Vietnamese: ép v
Usage examples
I shot off after him, squeezing through the press of bodies like a sweaty eel.
, DEAD BEAT (2002)This must have been the same united front that met the press those thirteen years ago.
Country Life (2004)"They have certainly seeped into the affections of the capital's music press.
Irish Times (2002)At the morning press conference on May 17 Mr Blair could hardly disguise his pleasure at his deputy's predicament.
Glasgow Herald (2001)Indeed, languorous singing young women or poets wheezing their last were actually uncommon; they just got a generous press.
, THE MEDICAL MYSTERIES E-OMNIBUS (2001)