All press synonyms
press
P p verb press
- worm β Write-Once Read-Many
- embrace β An act of holding someone closely in one's arms.
- calcify β to convert or be converted into lime
- enforce β Compel observance of or compliance with (a law, rule, or obligation).
- jawbone β a bone of either jaw; a maxilla or mandible.
- handcarry β to carry or deliver by hand, as for security reasons: The ambassador hand-carried a message from the president.
- bring home β introduce to parents
- importune β to press or beset with solicitations; demand with urgency or persistence.
- jollies β in good spirits; lively; merry: In a moment he was as jolly as ever.
- hunt β to chase or search for (game or other wild animals) for the purpose of catching or killing.
- conscribe β to conscript
- fossilized β Geology. to convert into a fossil; replace organic with mineral substances in the remains of an organism.
- bang into β a loud, sudden, explosive noise, as the discharge of a gun.
- drive β to send, expel, or otherwise cause to move by force or compulsion: to drive away the flies; to drive back an attacking army; to drive a person to desperation.
- crush β To crush something means to press it very hard so that its shape is destroyed or so that it breaks into pieces.
- expedite β (transitive) To accelerate the progress of.
- fossilise β Alternative spelling of fossilize.
- barreling β a cylindrical wooden container with slightly bulging sides made of staves hooped together, and with flat, parallel ends.
- gun for β a weapon consisting of a metal tube, with mechanical attachments, from which projectiles are shot by the force of an explosive; a piece of ordnance.
- make much of β great in quantity, measure, or degree: too much cake.
- in-grain β to implant or fix deeply and firmly, as in the nature or mind.
- mill β Arithmetic and Logic Unit
- draw off β to cause to move in a particular direction by or as if by a pulling force; pull; drag (often followed by along, away, in, out, or off).
- whacked β exhausted; tired out.
- firmed β not soft or yielding when pressed; comparatively solid, hard, stiff, or rigid: firm ground; firm texture.
- hasten β to move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry: to hasten to a place.
- coax β If you coax someone into doing something, you gently try to persuade them to do it.
- make haste β swiftness of motion; speed; celerity: He performed his task with great haste. They felt the need for haste.
- hit on β to deal a blow or stroke to: Hit the nail with the hammer.
- wring β to twist forcibly: He wrung the chicken's neck.
- distil β (transitive) Subject a substance to distillation; .
- fossilised β Non-Oxford British standard spelling of fossilized.
- curl up β to adopt a reclining position with the legs close to the body and the back rounded
- lose no time β act without delay
- love β a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person.
- dunned β to make repeated and insistent demands upon, especially for the payment of a debt.
- girdled β a lightweight undergarment, worn especially by women, often partly or entirely of elastic or boned, for supporting and giving a slimmer appearance to the abdomen, hips, and buttocks.
- conscripted β enrolled for compulsory service, esp military service
- give it to β to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
- chocking β a wedge or block of wood, metal, or the like, for filling in a space, holding an object steady, etc.
- emphasise β (British) alternative spelling of emphasize.
noun press
- horde β a large group, multitude, number, etc.; a mass or crowd: a horde of tourists.
- crowd β A crowd is a large group of people who have gathered together, for example to watch or listen to something interesting, or to protest about something.
- briskness β quick and active; lively: brisk trading; a brisk walk.
- billings β Josh (dΚΙΚ ) ; jΓ€sh) (pseud. of Henry Wheeler Shaw) 1818-85; U.S. humorist
- fourth estate β the journalistic profession or its members; the press.
- drove β simple past tense of drive.
- clamp β A clamp is a device that holds two things firmly together.
- handclasp β a gripping of hands by two or more people, as in greeting, parting, making a commitment, or expressing affection.