All press synonyms
press
P p verb press
- neared β close; to a point or place not far away: Come near so I won't have to shout.
- despotize β To behave like a despot.
- highlighted β to emphasize or make prominent.
- careering β an occupation or profession, especially one requiring special training, followed as one's lifework: He sought a career as a lawyer.
- barrelling β a cylindrical wooden container with slightly bulging sides made of staves hooped together, and with flat, parallel ends.
- downing β a downward movement; descent.
- drag down β demoralize
- compress β When you compress something or when it compresses, it is pressed or squeezed so that it takes up less space.
- give rise to β to get up from a lying, sitting, or kneeling posture; assume an upright position: She rose and walked over to greet me. With great effort he rose to his knees.
- coll β to embrace (a person)
- button up β to fasten (a garment) with a button or buttons
- dun β to make repeated and insistent demands upon, especially for the payment of a debt.
- chunking β the grouping together of a number of items by the mind, after which they can be remembered as a single item, such as a word or a musical phrase
- birddog β one of any of various breeds of dogs trained to hunt or retrieve birds.
- casehardening β Present participle of caseharden.
- induce β to lead or move by persuasion or influence, as to some action or state of mind: to induce a person to buy a raffle ticket.
- concuss β to injure (the brain) by a violent blow, fall, etc
- jam β to press, squeeze, or wedge tightly between bodies or surfaces, so that motion or extrication is made difficult or impossible: The ship was jammed between two rocks.
- extrude β Thrust or force out.
- badger β A badger is a wild animal which has a white head with two wide black stripes on it. Badgers live underground and usually come up to feed at night.
- densified β to impregnate (wood) with additives under heat and pressure in order to achieve greater density and hardness.
- insist β to be emphatic, firm, or resolute on some matter of desire, demand, intention, etc.: He insists on checking every shipment.
- get β to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- italicise β to print in italic type.
- downed β from higher to lower; in descending direction or order; toward, into, or in a lower position: to come down the ladder.
- make tracks β a structure consisting of a pair of parallel lines of rails with their crossties, on which a railroad train, trolley, or the like runs.
- hand-carry β to carry or deliver by hand, as for security reasons: The ambassador hand-carried a message from the president.
- dragoons β Plural form of dragoon.
- ironing 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.
- lean on β to incline or bend from a vertical position: She leaned out the window.
- knead β to work (dough, clay, etc.) into a uniform mixture by pressing, folding, and stretching.
- curdling β Present participle of curdle.
- hashed β Simple past tense and past participle of hash.
- counterclaim β a claim set up in opposition to another, esp by the defendant in a civil action against the plaintiff
- goad β a stick with a pointed or electrically charged end, for driving cattle, oxen, etc.; prod.
- italicize β to print in italic type.
- massing β a body of coherent matter, usually of indefinite shape and often of considerable size: a mass of dough.
- whacking β large.
- martyred β a person who willingly suffers death rather than renounce his or her religion.
- dish it out β an open, relatively shallow container of pottery, glass, metal, wood, etc., used for various purposes, especially for holding or serving food.
- obtest β to invoke as witness.
noun press
- broadcaster β A broadcaster is someone who gives talks or takes part in interviews and discussions on radio or television programmes.
- journalism β the occupation of reporting, writing, editing, photographing, or broadcasting news or of conducting any news organization as a business.
- journalist β a person who practices the occupation or profession of journalism.
- impetuosity β the quality or condition of being impetuous.
- overcrowding β Fill (accommodations or a space) beyond what is usual or comfortable.
- congestion β If there is congestion in a place, the place is extremely crowded and blocked with traffic or people.
- journalists β Plural form of journalist.
- crowdedness β The state or quality of being crowded.