press

Meaning

Noun

1. An instance of applying pressure; an instance of pressing.
2. A device used to apply pressure to an item.
3. A crowd.
4. A printing machine.
5. The print-based media (both the people and the newspapers).
6. A publisher.
7. An enclosed storage space (e.g. closet, cupboard).
8. An exercise in which weight is forced away from the body by extension of the arms or legs.
9. An additional bet in a golf match that duplicates an existing (usually losing) wager in value, but begins even at the time of the bet.
10. Pure, unfermented grape juice.
11. A commission to force men into public service, particularly into the navy.
12. In personology, any environmental factor that arouses a need in the individual.

Verb

1. To exert weight or force against, to act upon with force or weight; to exert pressure upon.
2. To activate a button or key by exerting a downward or forward force on it, and then releasing it.
3. To compress, squeeze.
4. To clasp, hold in an embrace.
5. To reduce to a particular shape or form by pressure, especially flatten or smooth.
6. To flatten a selected area of fabric using an iron with an up-and-down, not sliding, motion, so as to avoid disturbing adjacent areas.
7. To drive or thrust by pressure, to force in a certain direction.
8. (obsolete) To weigh upon, oppress, trouble.
9. To force to a certain end or result; to urge strongly.
10. To try to force (something upon someone).
11. To hasten, urge onward.
12. To urge, beseech, entreat.
13. To lay stress upon.
14. To throng, crowd.
15. (obsolete) To print.
16. To force into service, particularly into naval service.

Concepts

press

squeeze

push

crush

compress

urge

force

iron

oppress

pressure

pinch

squash

coerce

compel

drive

massage

clasp

apply pressure

crowd

jam

insist

grasp

impel

print

stamp

knead

media

printing house

press down

demand

press out

printing press

throng

put

tighten

flatten

urge on

wring

newspaper

stuff

claim

rub

closet

printer

cupboard

clamp

hurry

constrain

jostle

mash

oblige

impose

printing plant

entreat

constrict

wardrobe

thrust

press together

extract

wring out

clench

clutch

grip

compression

printing office

incite

draw near

shove

cram

ram

choke

stress

throttle

require

imprint

caress

stroke

enforce

impress

depress

pressing

beseech

exhort

compact

iron out

weigh

public press

hustle

propel

crowd together

suppress

printing machine

press against

hug

squeeze out

maintain

accelerate

advance

hasten

speed up

intimidate

pressurize

importune

push against

mass media

dent

print shop

quicken

spur

pack

fill

tuck

strangle

request

smash

push down

bear down on

rub down

rush

make

wedge

publication

put pressure

printing

printing-house

newspapers

weigh down

military press

adjure

bid

conjure

weight-lift

weightlift

contract

mechanical press

imperativeness

insistence

insistency

bear

crease

haste

afflict

journalism

requisition

fourth estate

touch

calender

type

press machine

punch

stifle

wad

push on

journalists

place

bother

distress

haunt

worry

weight

embed

stick

pushing

purse

move

grab

pressurise

back

bolster

buttress

countenance

espouse

lean

prop

rest

second

standby

support

sustain

underpin

uphold

affirm

dwell

further

promote

exert pressure on

nip

letterpress

persecute

torment

radio

television

dominate

overwhelm

cast

mold

mould

invite

stimulate

suggest

information media

news organs

apply pressure to

place a weight upon

publisher

paper

push through

conscript

enlist

enroll

force down

ask for

inquire

question

overlay

place on top of

put on the top

tyrannize

affix

bully

indoctrinate

tabloid

deject

discourage

roll

seal

charge

onslaught

impression

printing-works

urge repeatedly

cylinder-press

onset

oppression

assail

harass

screw

work

hamper

press firmly

swarm

narrow

blow

blow against

give

appease

coax

comfort

conciliate

entice

induce

mollify

pacify

persuade

prevail upon

quieten

soothe

tempt

wheedle

newspapers and magazines

periodicals

press circles

apply

put on

feel

heat

warm up

strain

coercion

compulsion

squeezing

besiege

mangle

sandwich

bloke

chap

description

figure

form

formula

norm

die stamping

extrude

force through ram pressure

punching

stamping

backing-out punch

dieing out press

punch press

punching machine

printshop

typer

machine press

newspapers and periodicals

as per

news

news agency

shake

trample

clip

overrun

run over

tuck in

crumple

fill full

pack in

overcrowd

tamp

tamp down

sit heavy on

ask insistently

squeeze together

stick together

full

push in

prompt

stride

tread upon

plunge

make a dent

strive

sea of newspapers

bruise

racket press

presser

congestion

scrimmage

steal

beset

demoralize

frustrate

gag

tribulate

cabinet

locker

safe

bear down

carry weight

sag

stand

weigh on

heftiness

accent

avoirdupois

bob

dumbbell

emphasis

heaviness

heft

printing shop

sinker

weightiness

blackjack

ache

boss

browbeat

dragoon

hale

reduce

sandbag

bench

banquette

bed

box seat

flat bench

settle

workbench

push up

draw

express

girdle

prise

ream

twinge

twitch

squeezer

extrusion

extort

impact

rice

tweet

wring from

fondle

pet

sleek

mob

troop

insert

sheathe

shoulder

nudge

plug

shoot

shoulder in

arrogate

ask

bear on

call

call for

call in

command

cry

cry out for

entail

exact

govern

stipulate

suppose

take

tread

remind

come close

get near

make haste

excerpt

agitate

campaign

crusade

fight

armoire

imbed

sink

stomp

too tight

weight down

publishing industry

the press

burden

make one’s way

cramp

crowd out

hold down

hold tight

finger

key

key in

constriction

leverage

steam

publishing

typography

gall

ruffle

urgent

elbow

lean on

excert pressure

arrest

detain

escort

guard

pawn

cuddle

embrace

newspaper office

newsprint

close in

repress

abrade

grind

polish

bookcase

press tight

pester

jostling

coop in

coop up

squish

squoosh

thrutch

actuate

driven

act in place of

lean back

pile up

catch up with

press on

run down

determined

pack down

exert pressure

upon

hold fast

grope

span

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pɹɛs/

Etymology

From Middle English presse (“throng, crowd, clothespress”), partially from Old English press (“clothespress”) (from Medieval Latin pressa) and from Old French presse (Modern French presse) from Old French presser (“to press”), from Latin pressāre, from pressus, past participle of premere (“to press”). Displaced native Middle English thring (“press, crowd, throng”) (from Old English þring (“a press, crowd, anything that presses or confines”)).