What does press mean?
Definitions for press
prɛspress
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word press.
Princeton's WordNet
imperativeness, insistence, insistency, press, pressure(noun)
the state of demanding notice or attention
"the insistence of their hunger"; "the press of business matters"
press, public press(noun)
the print media responsible for gathering and publishing news in the form of newspapers or magazines
press, printing press(noun)
a machine used for printing
crush, jam, press(noun)
a dense crowd of people
wardrobe, closet, press(noun)
a tall piece of furniture that provides storage space for clothes; has a door and rails or hooks for hanging clothes
press(noun)
clamp to prevent wooden rackets from warping when not in use
press, mechanical press(noun)
any machine that exerts pressure to form or shape or cut materials or extract liquids or compress solids
press, military press(noun)
a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then smoothly lifted overhead
press, pressure, pressing(verb)
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"
press(verb)
exert pressure or force to or upon
"He pressed down on the boards"; "press your thumb on this spot"
urge, urge on, press, exhort(verb)
force or impel in an indicated direction
"I urged him to finish his studies"
weigh, press(verb)
to be oppressive or burdensome
"weigh heavily on the mind", "Something pressed on his mind"
press(verb)
place between two surfaces and apply weight or pressure
"pressed flowers"
compress, constrict, squeeze, compact, contract, press(verb)
squeeze or press together
"she compressed her lips"; "the spasm contracted the muscle"
press(verb)
crowd closely
"The crowds pressed along the street"
press(verb)
create by pressing
"Press little holes into the soft clay"
press(verb)
be urgent
"This is a pressing problem"
crusade, fight, press, campaign, push, agitate(verb)
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"
press, press out(verb)
press from a plastic
"press a record"
press, push(verb)
make strenuous pushing movements during birth to expel the baby
"`Now push hard,' said the doctor to the woman"
iron, iron out, press(verb)
press and smooth with a heated iron
"press your shirts"; "she stood there ironing"
weight-lift, weightlift, press(verb)
lift weights
"This guy can press 300 pounds"
bid, beseech, entreat, adjure, press, conjure(verb)
ask for or request earnestly
"The prophet bid all people to become good persons"
Webster Dictionary
Press(noun)
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
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Press(noun)
to force into service, particularly into naval service; to impress
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Press(noun)
a commission to force men into public service, particularly into the navy
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Press
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
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Press
to squeeze, in order to extract the juice or contents of; to squeeze out, or express, from something
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Press
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
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Press
to embrace closely; to hug
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Press
to oppress; to bear hard upon
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Press
to straiten; to distress; as, to be pressed with want or hunger
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Press
to exercise very powerful or irresistible influence upon or over; to constrain; to force; to compel
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Press
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
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Press
to drive with violence; to hurry; to urge on; to ply hard; as, to press a horse in a race
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Press(verb)
to exert pressure; to bear heavily; to push, crowd, or urge with steady force
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Press(verb)
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
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Press(verb)
to urge with vehemence or importunity; to exert a strong or compelling influence; as, an argument presses upon the judgment
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Press(noun)
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
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Press(noun)
specifically, a printing press
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Press(noun)
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
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Press(noun)
an upright case or closet for the safe keeping of articles; as, a clothes press
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Press(noun)
the act of pressing or thronging forward
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Press(noun)
urgent demands of business or affairs; urgency; as, a press of engagements
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Press(noun)
a multitude of individuals crowded together; / crowd of single things; a throng
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Freebase
Press
Press was a daily middle-market tabloid newspaper published in Belgrade. Press Publishing Group also owns a daily aimed at businesspeople called Biznis, as well as a lifestyle weekly magazine Lola and a glossy monthly magazine called FAME. Founded in late 2005, the company has quickly established itself as one of Serbia's leading media enterprises. According to its most recent annual financial report submitted to Serbian Economic Register Agency, the company has 136 employees and it posted an annual profit of RSD58,830,000 for the calendar year 2007.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Press
pres, v.t. to push on or against with a heavy weight or with great force: to squeeze out, as juice: to clasp or embrace: to bear heavily on: to distress: to urge strongly: to present to the mind with earnestness: to lay stress upon: to hurry on with great speed: to shape or smooth by the application of weight.—v.i. to exert pressure: to push with force: to crowd: to go forward with violence: to urge with vehemence and importunity: to exert a strong influence.—n. Press′er.—adj. Press′ing, urgent: importunate: forcible.—adv. Press′ingly.—n. Pres′sion. [Fr. presser—L. pressāre—premĕre, pressum, to squeeze.]
Press
pres, n. an instrument for squeezing bodies: a printing-machine: the art or business of printing and publishing: act of urging forward: urgency: strong demand: a crowd: a closet for holding articles.—ns. Press′-bed, a bed enclosed in a cupboard, or folding up into it; Press′fat (B.), the vat of an olive or wine press for collecting the liquor; Press′man, one who works a printing-press: a journalist or reporter: a member of a pressgang; Press′mark, a mark upon a book to show its place among others in a library; Press′-room, a room where printing-presses are worked; Press′-work, the operation of taking impressions from type or plates by means of the printing-press.—Press of sail, as much sail as can be carried.—Brahmah press, a hydraulic press called after Mr Brahmah, its inventor; Cylinder press, a printing-press in which the types are laid on a cylinder which revolves, instead of on a flat surface; Hydraulic press (see Hydraulic); Liberty of the press, the right of publishing books, &c., without submitting them to a government authority for permission; The Press, the literature of a country, esp. its newspapers.
Press
pres, v.t. to carry men off by violence to become soldiers or sailors.—ns. Press′gang, a gang or body of sailors under an officer empowered to impress men into the navy; Press′-mon′ey (for prest-money), earnest-money. [Corr. from old form prest, from O. Fr. prester (Fr. prêter), to lend—præstāre, to offer—præ, before, stāre, to stand.]
CrunchBase
Press
Press for iOS allows you to create multimedia slideshows on your iPhone, using photos you take, sounds you record, and text you write. You can send these slideshows to other users, who can add or edit the photos and sound as a group. A slideshow can evolve greatly over time and between users, so our backend keeps a version history. Any slideshow can be posted to Facebook or disseminated in a Tweet, where it is viewable on the Web. to anyone with the link.
Editors Contribution
Entomology
Press
=filator; q.v.
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'press' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #994
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'press' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1199
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'press' in Nouns Frequency: #426
Verbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'press' in Verbs Frequency: #290
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of press in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of press in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of press in a Sentence
Just as you wouldn't have a press conference from a jail cell, you shouldn't be able to have a press conference from your home. You can communicate, you can discuss, you can post on social media, judge Alvin Hellerstein can't make a person confined in jail or at home into a totally free person. There's got to be a limit.
There is a free press, there is free expression.
The Associated Press, Hollywood Reporter, Variety — they all ran with the headline, ‘Pat Boone refuses to kiss leading lady,’ and they assumed for religious reasons, and it wasn’t! I just wanted to stay married. And my wife gave me permission. I know it sounds naive now, but she said, ‘I can live with it if you kiss Shirley Jones, but just don’t try to enjoy it.'.
Pundits and the press have been wrong about just about everything this cycle, and this falls into that category, people did not pay as much attention to him or take him seriously in the beginning because he is an older politician from a small state who they did not know much about.
Obviously it is election season and the press has been focused on debates and divisions they can drum up within the primary and within our party, and I'm not worried about this party staying united.
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Translations for press
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- ضغط, صحافةArabic
- матбуғатBashkir
- premsa, prémer, impressoraCatalan, Valencian
- lis, tisk, stisknout, tisknoutCzech
- Presse, Druckerpresse, drückenGerman
- presiloEsperanto
- prensa, presionar, oprimir, pres, prensarSpanish
- مطبوعات, افشردنPersian
- paino, lehdistö, komero, painokone, painaa, kaappi, puristin, punnerrusFinnish
- presse, imprimerie, pressoir, presser, appuyerFrench
- priosIrish
- preasScottish Gaelic
- presionar, prensa, prensarGalician
- עיתונותHebrew
- प्रेस, दबानाHindi
- nyomás, sajtó, nyom, benyom, prés, szekrény, megnyomHungarian
- սեղմել, մամուլArmenian
- persIndonesian
- presarIdo
- pressa, stampa, premere, torchioItalian
- 棚, パンツプレッサー, メディア, タンス, 押し花器, ズボンプレス, ズボンプレッサー, パンツプレス, 押す, 圧搾機, 報道, 印刷機, プレスJapanese
- 미디어, 누르다Korean
- perehi, kūeneMāori
- drukken, persDutch
- prasaPolish
- prensa, imprensa, pressionar, insistir, prensarPortuguese
- соковыжималка, печатный станок, жать, нажать, пресс, пресса, печать, нажимать, давить, надавитьRussian
- trycka, press, tryckpressSwedish
- பத்திரிகைTamil
- หนังสือพิมพ์, ดัน, กดThai
- دباناUrdu
- ấn, ép, báo chíVietnamese
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