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Defenition of the word press

    • Defenition of the word press

      • Printed matter as a whole, especially newspapers and periodicals.
      • A crowd of people pressed close together in a small space.
      • To apply pressure to an item.
      • To force or impel in a given direction.
      • ask for or request earnestly; "The prophet bid all people to become good persons"
      • squeeze or press together; "she compressed her lips"
      • a dense crowd of people
      • newspaper writers and photographers
      • the state of urgently demanding notice or attention; "the press of business matters"
      • any machine that exerts pressure to form or shape or cut materials or extract liquids or compress solids
      • clamp to prevent wooden rackets from warping when not in use
      • place between two surfaces and apply weight or pressure; "pressed flowers"
      • exert pressure or force to or upon; "He pressed down on the boards"; "press your thumb on this spot"
      • create by pressing: "Press little holes into the soft clay"
      • crowd closely; "The crowds pressed along the street"
      • be urgent; "This is a pressing problem"
      • a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then smoothly lifted overhead
      • the act of pressing; "he gave the button a press"; "he used pressure to stop the bleeding"
      • press from a plastic, as of records
      • a machine used for printing
      • printed matter in the form of newspapers or magazines
      • exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end; "The liberal party pushed for reforms"
      • force or impel in an indicated direction; "I urged him to finish his studies"
      • with rails or hooks for hanging clothes
      • to be oppressive or burdensome; "weigh heavily on the mind", "Something pressed on his mind"
      • lift weights
      • 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"
      • a tall piece of furniture that provides storage space for clothes; has a door and rails or hooks for hanging clothes
      • the gathering and publishing of news in the form of newspapers or magazines
      • lift weights; "This guy can press 300 pounds"
      • squeeze or press together; "she compressed her lips"; "the spasm contracted the muscle"
      • make strenuous pushing movements during birth to expel the baby; "`Now push hard,'' said the doctor to the woman"
      • press from a plastic; "press a record"
      • create by pressing; "Press little holes into the soft clay"
      • 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 fa
      • the act of pressing; the exertion of pressure
      • the print media responsible for gathering and publishing news in the form of newspapers or magazines
      • the state of demanding notice or attention
      • ask for or request earnestly
      • force or impel in an indicated direction
      • squeeze or press together
      • place between two surfaces and apply weight or pressure
      • press and smooth with a heated iron
      • exert pressure or force to or upon
      • make strenuous pushing movements during birth to expel the baby
      • press from a plastic
      • create by pressing
      • crowd closely
      • 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
      • to be oppressive or burdensome
      • be urgent

    Synonyms for the word press

      • adjure
      • bear down on
      • beseech
      • bid
      • closet
      • compact
      • compel
      • compress
      • constrict
      • contract
      • correspondents
      • crush
      • demand
      • depress
      • entreat
      • exhort
      • force
      • force down
      • fourth estate
      • imperativeness
      • insist on
      • insistence
      • insistency
      • jam
      • journalists
      • lobby
      • military press
      • newspapers
      • plead
      • press out
      • pressing
      • pressure
      • printing press
      • prosecute
      • public press
      • pursue
      • push
      • reporters
      • squash
      • squeeze
      • the media
      • urge
      • urge on
      • wardrobe
      • weigh
      • weightlift

    Similar words in the press

      • press
      • pressed
      • presses
      • pressing
      • pressings
      • pressman
      • pressman's
      • pressmen
      • pressure
      • pressure's
      • pressured
      • pressuring
      • pressurization
      • pressurization's
      • pressurize
      • pressurized
      • pressurizes
      • pressurizing

    Hyponyms for the word press

      • advocate
      • armoire
      • astringe
      • bear down
      • bear down on
      • bear on
      • calender
      • cheese press
      • choke
      • ciderpress
      • clothes closet
      • clothespress
      • coat closet
      • compressing
      • compression
      • convulse
      • cranch
      • craunch
      • crunch
      • crush
      • cylinder press
      • decompressing
      • decompression
      • drag down
      • flatbed press
      • free press
      • fret
      • gag
      • garlic press
      • grind
      • gutter press
      • hurry
      • hydraulic press
      • impression
      • iron
      • iron out
      • knuckle
      • mag
      • magazine
      • mangle
      • mash
      • newspaper
      • overbear
      • paper
      • preach
      • press
      • press corps
      • press down on
      • prim
      • punch press
      • push
      • rotary press
      • rush
      • scrag
      • snarl-up
      • squash
      • squeeze
      • squelch
      • standing press
      • strangle
      • strangulate
      • traffic jam
      • weigh down
      • winepress

    Hypernyms for the word press

      • advertise
      • advertize
      • advise
      • article of furniture
      • be
      • cast
      • clamp
      • clinch
      • counsel
      • count
      • create
      • crowd
      • demand
      • estate
      • estate of the realm
      • exercise
      • flatten
      • flatten out
      • force
      • furnishings
      • furniture
      • instrumentality
      • instrumentation
      • machine
      • make
      • mass
      • matter
      • mold
      • mould
      • piece of furniture
      • plead
      • press
      • print media
      • promote
      • push
      • pushing
      • rede
      • surname
      • tighten
      • touch
      • urgency
      • weigh
      • weightlift
      • weightlifting
      • work out

    Idioms for the word press

      • drill press
      • freedom of the press
      • yellow press

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