press

• 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