All press synonyms
press
P p noun press
- herd β a herdsman (usually used in combination): a cowherd; a goatherd; a shepherd.
- gaggle β to cackle.
- bulldog β A bulldog is a small dog with a large square head and short hair.
- build-up β the physical structure, especially of a person; physique; figure: He had a strong build.
- broadcast journalism β journalism as practiced in radio and television.
verb press
- exhort β Strongly encourage or urge (someone) to do something.
- levered β Mechanics. a rigid bar that pivots about one point and that is used to move an object at a second point by a force applied at a third. Compare machine (def 4b).
- kablooey β (colloquial) alternative spelling of kablooie.
- dunning β to make repeated and insistent demands upon, especially for the payment of a debt.
- draught β a drawing, sketch, or design.
- mash β to flirt with; court the affections of.
- huddle β to gather or crowd together in a close mass.
- demand β If one thing demands another, the first needs the second in order to happen or be dealt with successfully.
- barreled β Having the specified number of barrels.
- force β physical power or strength possessed by a living being: He used all his force in opening the window.
- crack down β If people in authority crack down on a group of people, they become stricter in making the group obey rules or laws.
- call upon β to cry out in a loud voice; shout: He called her name to see if she was home.
- iron β Chemistry. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Symbol: Fe; atomic weight: 55.847; atomic number: 26; specific gravity: 7.86 at 20Β°C. Compare cast iron, pig iron, steel, wrought iron.
- overcrowd β Fill (accommodations or a space) beyond what is usual or comfortable.
- comminuted β pulverized; ground
- beat down β When the sun beats down, it is very hot and bright.
- burden β If you describe a problem or a responsibility as a burden, you mean that it causes someone a lot of difficulty, worry, or hard work.
- hawked β a noisy effort to clear the throat.
- draft β a drawing, sketch, or design.
- curdled β Containing curds.
- worming β Zoology. any of numerous long, slender, soft-bodied, legless, bilaterally symmetrical invertebrates, including the flatworms, roundworms, acanthocephalans, nemerteans, gordiaceans, and annelids.
- groused β to grumble; complain: I've never met anyone who grouses so much about his work.
- girdling 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.
- look for β to turn one's eyes toward something or in some direction in order to see: He looked toward the western horizon and saw the returning planes.
- jockey β a person who rides horses professionally in races.
- let out β (of fur) processed by cutting parallel diagonal slashes into the pelt and sewing the slashed edges together to lengthen the pelt and to improve the appearance of the fur.
- levering β Mechanics. a rigid bar that pivots about one point and that is used to move an object at a second point by a force applied at a third. Compare machine (def 4b).
- lay on the line β a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface: a line down the middle of the page.
- make short work of β exertion or effort directed to produce or accomplish something; labor; toil.
- bear down β If someone or something bears down on you, they move quickly towards you in a threatening way.
- cast down β If someone is cast down by something, they are sad or worried because of it.
- chunked β a thick mass or lump of anything: a chunk of bread; a chunk of firewood.
- lay hands on β the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- fast track β a racetrack dry and hard enough for optimum speed.
- casehardened β Simple past tense and past participle of caseharden.
- gripe β Informal. to complain naggingly or constantly; grumble.
- freighted β goods, cargo, or lading transported for pay, whether by water, land, or air.
- goose β any of numerous wild or domesticated, web-footed swimming birds of the family Anatidae, especially of the genera Anser and Branta, most of which are larger and have a longer neck and legs than the ducks.
- dump on β to drop or let fall in a mass; fling down or drop heavily or suddenly: Dump the topsoil here.
- bulldoze β If people bulldoze something such as a building, they knock it down using a bulldozer.
- joggling β Present participle of joggle.
- cued β a long, tapering rod, tipped with a soft leather pad, used to strike the ball in billiards, pool, etc.
- impel β to drive or urge forward; press on; incite or constrain to action.
adj press
- infest β to live in or overrun to an unwanted degree or in a troublesome manner, especially as predatory animals or vermin do: Sharks infested the coastline.