press

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[[t]prɛs[/t]]

v. t.

1) to act upon with steadily applied weight or force

2) to move by weight or force in a certain direction or into a certain position

3) to compress or squeeze, as to alter in shape or size

4) to subject to pressure

5) to hold closely, as in an embrace; clasp

6) to flatten or make smooth, esp. by ironing

7) to extract juice or contents from by pressure

8) to squeeze out (juice)

9) to beset; harass

10) to trouble or oppress, as by lack of something

11) to urge or entreat insistently:

to press someone for an explanation[/ex]

12) to emphasize or propound forcefully:

He pressed his own ideas on us[/ex]

13) to urge onward; hasten

14) to push forward

15) hfi to manufacture (phonograph records or the like) by stamping from a mold

16) to exert weight, force, or pressure

17) spog to raise or lift, esp. a specified amount of weight, in a press

18) to iron clothing, curtains, etc

19) to bear heavily, as upon the mind

20) spog (of athletes and competitors) to strain because of frustration

21) to compel haste or attention

22) to use urgent entreaty:

to press for an answer[/ex]

23) to push forward or advance with force or haste:

The army pressed on[/ex]

24) to crowd; throng

25) spo Basketball. to employ a press

26) an act of pressing

27) the state of being pressed

28) printing press

29) printed publications collectively, esp. newspapers and periodicals

30)

a) all the media and agencies that print, broadcast, or gather and transmit news

b) their editorial employees

31) (often used with a pl. v.) a group from the news media, as reporters and photographers

32) the consensus of critical commentary or amount of coverage in the news:

The play received a good press[/ex]

33) pri an establishment for printing books, magazines, etc

34) pri the process or art of printing

35) mac any of various devices or machines for exerting pressure, stamping, or crushing

36) a crowding, thronging, or pressing together:

the press of the crowd[/ex]

37) a crowd; throng

38) the desired smooth or creased effect caused by ironing or pressing

39) urgency, as of affairs or business

40) fur a large upright case or cupboard for holding clothes, linens, books, etc

41) spog Basketball. an aggressive form of defense in which players guard opponents very closely

42) spog a lift in which a barbell is pushed overhead from chest level with the arms extended straight up, without moving the legs or feet

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Etymology: 1175–1225; ME < OF presser < L pressāre, freq. of premere (ptp. pressus) to press II

press

[[t]prɛs[/t]] v. t.

1) to force into service, esp. naval or military service; impress

2) to make use of in a manner different from that intended or desired:

A bus was pressed into service as an ambulance[/ex]

3) impressment into service, esp. naval or military service

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Etymology: 1535–45; back formation from prest, ptp. of obs. prest to take (men) for military service, v. use of prest money advanced to enlistees