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Press - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Press : (noun)
1: newspaper writers and photographers [syn: fourth estate]
2: the state of urgently demanding notice or attention; "the
press of business matters" [syn: imperativeness, insistence,
insistency, pressure]
3: the gathering and publishing of news in the form of
newspapers or magazines [syn: public press]
4: a machine used for printing [syn: printing press]
5: a dense crowd of people [syn: crush, jam]
6: a tall piece of furniture that provides storage space for
clothes; has a door and rails or hooks for hanging clothes
[syn: wardrobe, closet]
7: clamp to prevent wooden rackets from warping when not in use
8: any machine that exerts pressure to form or shape or cut
materials or extract liquids or compress solids [syn: mechanical
press]
9: a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder
height and then smoothly lifted overhead [syn: military
press]
10: the act of pressing; the exertion of pressure; "he gave the
button a press"; "he used pressure to stop the bleeding";
"at the pressing of a button" [syn: pressure, pressing]
(verb)
1: exert pressure or force to or upon; "He pressed down on the
boards"; "press your thumb on this spot"
2: force or impel in an indicated direction; "I urged him to
finish his studies" [syn: urge, urge on, exhort]
3: to be oppressive or burdensome; "weigh heavily on the mind",
"Something pressed on his mind" [syn: weigh]
4: place between two surfaces and apply weight or pressure;
"pressed flowers"
5: squeeze or press together; "she compressed her lips"; "the
spasm contracted the muscle" [syn: compress, constrict,
squeeze, compact, contract]
6: crowd closely; "The crowds pressed along the street"
7: create by pressing; "Press little holes into the soft clay"
8: be urgent; "This is a pressing problem"
9: 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; "The liberal party pushed for
reforms"; "She is crusading for women's rights"; "The Dean
is pushing for his favorite candidate" [syn: crusade, fight,
campaign, push, agitate]
10: press from a plastic; "press a record" [syn: press out]
11: make strenuous pushing movements during birth to expel the
baby; "`Now push hard,' said the doctor to the woman"
[syn: push]
12: lift weights; "This guy can press 300 pounds" [syn: weight-lift,
weightlift]
13: ask for or request earnestly; "The prophet bid all people to
become good persons" [syn: bid, beseech, entreat, adjure,
conjure]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Press : \Press\, v. i.
1. To exert pressure; to bear heavily; to push, crowd, or
urge with steady force.
2. To move on with urging and crowding; to make one's way
with violence or effort; to bear onward forcibly; to
crowd; to throng; to encroach.
They pressed upon him for to touch him. --Mark iii.
10.
3. To urge with vehemence or importunity; to exert a strong
or compelling influence; as, an argument presses upon the
judgment.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Press : \Press\, n. [F. presse. See 4th Press.]
1. An apparatus or machine by which any substance or body is
pressed, squeezed, stamped, or shaped, or by which an
impression of a body is taken; sometimes, the place or
building containing a press or presses.
Note: Presses are differently constructed for various
purposes in the arts, their specific uses being
commonly designated; as, a cotton press, a wine press,
a cider press, a copying press, etc. See Drill press.
2. Specifically, a printing press.
3. The art or business of printing and publishing; hence,
printed publications, taken collectively, more especially
newspapers or the persons employed in writing for them;
as, a free press is a blessing, a licentious press is a
curse.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Press : \Press\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pressed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Pressing.] [F. presser, fr. L. pressare to press, fr.
premere, pressum, to press. Cf. Print, v.]
1. To urge, or act upon, with force, as weight; to act upon
by pushing or thrusting, in distinction from pulling; to
crowd or compel by a gradual and continued exertion; to
bear upon; to squeeze; to compress; as, we press the
ground with the feet when we walk; we press the couch on
which we repose; we press substances with the hands,
fingers, or arms; we are pressed in a crowd.
Good measure, pressed down, and shaken together.
--Luke vi. 38.
2. To squeeze, in order to extract the juice or contents of;
to squeeze out, or express, from something.
Based on sweet kernels pressed, She tempers dulcet
creams. --Milton.
And I took the grapes, and pressed them into
Pharaoh's cup, and I gave the cup into Pharaoh's
hand. --Gen. xl. 11.
3. To squeeze in or with suitable instruments or apparatus,
in order to compact, make dense, or smooth; as, to press
cotton bales, paper, etc.; to smooth by ironing; as, to
press clothes.
4. To embrace closely; to hug.
Leucothoe shook at these alarms, And pressed Palemon
closer in her arms. --Pope.
5. To oppress; to bear hard upon.
Press not a falling man too far. --Shak.
6. To straiten; to distress; as, to be pressed with want or
hunger.
7. To exercise very powerful or irresistible influence upon
or over; to constrain; to force; to compel.
Paul was pressed in the spirit, and testified to the
Jews that Jesus was Christ. --Acts xviii.
5.
8. To try to force (something upon some one); to urge or
inculcate with earnestness or importunity; to enforce; as,
to press divine truth on an audience.
He pressed a letter upon me within this hour.
--Dryden.
Be sure to press upon him every motive. --Addison.
9. To drive with violence; to hurry; to urge on; to ply hard;
as, to press a horse in a race.
The posts . . . went cut, being hastened and pressed
on, by the king's commandment. --Esther viii.
14.
Note: Press differs from drive and strike in usually denoting
a slow or continued application of force; whereas drive
and strike denote a sudden impulse of force.
Pressed brick. See under Brick.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Press : \Press\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
An East Indian insectivore ({Tupaia ferruginea). It is
arboreal in its habits, and has a bushy tail. The fur is
soft, and varies from rusty red to maroon and to brownish
black.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Press : \Press\, v. t. [Corrupt. fr. prest ready money advanced, a
loan; hence, earnest money given soldiers on entering
service. See Prest, n.]
To force into service, particularly into naval service; to
impress.
To peaceful peasant to the wars is pressed. --Dryden.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Press : \Press\, n. [For prest, confused with press.]
A commission to force men into public service, particularly
into the navy.
I have misused the king's press. --Shak.
Press gang, or Pressgang, a detachment of seamen under
the command of an officer empowered to force men into the
naval service. See Impress gang, under Impress.
Press money, money paid to a man enlisted into public
service. See Prest money, under Prest, a.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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PRESS. By a figure this word signifies the art of printing. ThePress : is
free.
2. All men have a right to print and publish whatever they may deem
proper, unless by doing so they infringe the rights of another, as in the
case of copyrights, (q.v.) when they may be enjoined. For any injury they
may commit against the public or individuals they may be punished, either by
indictment, or by a civil action at the suit of the party injured, when the
injury has been committed against a private individual. Vide Const. of the
U. S. Amend. art. 1, and Liberty of the Press.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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