ALL meanings of press
press
P p - verb with object press to force into service, especially naval or military service; impress. 1
- verb with object press to make use of in a manner different from that intended or desired: French taxis were pressed into service as troop transports. 1
- verb without object press to manufacture (phonograph records, videodiscs, or the like), especially by stamping from a mold or matrix. 1
- verb without object press to exert weight, force, or pressure. 1
- verb without object press Weightlifting. to raise or lift, especially a specified amount of weight, in a press. 1
- verb without object press to iron clothing, curtains, etc. 1
- verb without object press to bear heavily, as upon the mind. 1
- verb without object press (of athletes and competitors) to perform tensely or overanxiously, as when one feels pressured or is determined to break out of a slump; strain because of frustration: For days he hasn't seemed able to buy a hit, and he's been pressing. 1
- verb without object press to compel haste: Time presses. 1
- verb without object press to demand immediate attention. 1
- verb without object press to use urgent entreaty: to press for an answer. 1
- verb without object press to push forward or advance with force, eagerness, or haste: The army pressed to reach the river by dawn. 1
- verb without object press to crowd or throng. 1
- verb without object press Basketball. to employ a press. 1
- noun press a male given name. 1
- idioms press go to press, to begin being printed: The last edition has gone to press. 1
- idioms press press the flesh, Informal. flesh (def 24). 1
- abbreviation PRESS push 1
- transitive verb press key: push down 1
- transitive verb press button: depress 1
- transitive verb press compress 1
- transitive verb press squeeze 1
- transitive verb press push heavily on 1
- noun press news media 1
- noun plural press journalists 1
- noun press printing machine 1
- noun press device: flattens clothes 1
- noun press device: irons clothes 1
- noun press manufacturing device 1
- noun press publicity, coverage 1
- noun press racquet protector 1
- noun press crowding together 1
- noun press crease, pleat 1
- noun press urgency 1
- verbal expression press hurry 1
- intransitive verb press insist 1
- transitive verb press iron 1
- transitive verb press hold close 1
- transitive verb press beg, entreat 1
- transitive verb press harass 1
- verb press If you press something somewhere, you push it firmly against something else. 0
- verb press If you press a button or switch, you push it with your finger in order to make a machine or device work. 0
- verb press Press is also a noun. 0
- verb press If you press something or press down on it, you push hard against it with your foot or hand. 0
- verb press If you press for something, you try hard to persuade someone to give it to you or to agree to it. 0
- verb press If you press someone, you try hard to persuade them to do something. 0
- verb press If someone presses their claim, demand, or point, they state it in a very forceful way. 0
- verb press If an unpleasant feeling or worry presses on you, it affects you very much or you are always thinking about it. 0
- verb press If you press something on someone, you give it to them and insist that they take it. 0
- verb press If you press clothes, you iron them in order to get rid of the creases. 0