Press : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Press	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
press n the state of demanding notice or attention; "the insistence of their hunger"; "the press of business matters" Synonym(s): imperativeness, insistence, insistency, press, pressure the print media responsible for gathering and publishing news in the form of newspapers or magazines Synonym(s): press, public press a machine used for printing Synonym(s): press, printing press a dense crowd of people Synonym(s): crush, jam, press a tall piece of furniture that provides storage space for clothes; has a door and rails or hooks for hanging clothes Synonym(s): wardrobe, closet, press clamp to prevent wooden rackets from warping when not in use any machine that exerts pressure to form or shape or cut materials or extract liquids or compress solids Synonym(s): press, mechanical press a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then smoothly lifted overhead Synonym(s): press, military press the act of pressing; the exertion of pressure; "he gave the button a press"; "he used pressure to stop the bleeding"; "at the pressing of a button" Synonym(s): press, pressure, pressing v exert pressure or force to or upon; "He pressed down on the boards"; "press your thumb on this spot" force or impel in an indicated direction; "I urged him to finish his studies" Synonym(s): urge, urge on, press, exhort to be oppressive or burdensome; "weigh heavily on the mind", "Something pressed on his mind" Synonym(s): weigh, press place between two surfaces and apply weight or pressure; "pressed flowers" squeeze or press together; "she compressed her lips"; "the spasm contracted the muscle" Synonym(s): compress, constrict, squeeze, compact, contract, press crowd closely; "The crowds pressed along the street" create by pressing; "Press little holes into the soft clay" be urgent; "This is a pressing problem" exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for; "The liberal party pushed for reforms"; "She is crusading for women's rights"; "The Dean is pushing for his favorite candidate" Synonym(s): crusade, fight, press, campaign, push, agitate press from a plastic; "press a record" Synonym(s): press, press out make strenuous pushing movements during birth to expel the baby; "`Now push hard,' said the doctor to the woman" Synonym(s): press, push press and smooth with a heated iron; "press your shirts"; "she stood there ironing" Synonym(s): iron, iron out, press lift weights; "This guy can press 300 pounds" Synonym(s): weight- lift, weightlift, press ask for or request earnestly; "The prophet bid all people to become good persons" Synonym(s): bid, beseech, entreat, adjure, press, conjure
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Press \Press\, n. [For prest, confused with press.] A commission to force men into public service, particularly into the navy. I have misused the king's press. --Shak. {Press gang}, [or] {Pressgang}, a detachment of seamen under the command of an officer empowered to force men into the naval service. See {Impress gang}, under {Impress}. {Press money}, money paid to a man enlisted into public service. See {Prest money}, under {Prest}, a.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Press \Press\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pressed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pressing}.] [F. presser, fr. L. pressare to press, fr. premere, pressum, to press. Cf. {Print}, v.] 1. To urge, or act upon, with force, as weight; to act upon by pushing or thrusting, in distinction from pulling; to crowd or compel by a gradual and continued exertion; to bear upon; to squeeze; to compress; as, we press the ground with the feet when we walk; we press the couch on which we repose; we press substances with the hands, fingers, or arms; we are pressed in a crowd. Good measure, pressed down, and shaken together. --Luke vi. 38. 2. To squeeze, in order to extract the juice or contents of; to squeeze out, or express, from something. From sweet kernels pressed, She tempers dulcet creams. --Milton. And I took the grapes, and pressed them into Pharaoh's cup, and I gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand. --Gen. xl. 11. 3. To squeeze in or with suitable instruments or apparatus, in order to compact, make dense, or smooth; as, to press cotton bales, paper, etc.; to smooth by ironing; as, to press clothes. 4. To embrace closely; to hug. Leucothoe shook at these alarms, And pressed Palemon closer in her arms. --Pope. 5. To oppress; to bear hard upon. Press not a falling man too far. --Shak. 6. To straiten; to distress; as, to be pressed with want or hunger. 7. To exercise very powerful or irresistible influence upon or over; to constrain; to force; to compel. Paul was pressed in the spirit, and testified to the Jews that Jesus was Christ. --Acts xviii. 5. 8. To try to force (something upon some one); to urge or inculcate with earnestness or importunity; to enforce; as, to press divine truth on an audience. He pressed a letter upon me within this hour. --Dryden. Be sure to press upon him every motive. --Addison. 9. To drive with violence; to hurry; to urge on; to ply hard; as, to press a horse in a race. The posts . . . went cut, being hastened and pressed on, by the king's commandment. --Esther viii. 14. Note: Press differs from drive and strike in usually denoting a slow or continued application of force; whereas drive and strike denote a sudden impulse of force. {Pressed brick}. See under {Brick}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Press \Press\, n. (Zo[94]l.) An East Indian insectivore ({Tupaia ferruginea}). It is arboreal in its habits, and has a bushy tail. The fur is soft, and varies from rusty red to maroon and to brownish black.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Press \Press\, v. t. [Corrupt. fr. prest ready money advanced, a loan; hence, earnest money given soldiers on entering service. See {Prest}, n.] To force into service, particularly into naval service; to impress. To peaceful peasant to the wars is pressed. --Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Press \Press\, v. i. 1. To exert pressure; to bear heavily; to push, crowd, or urge with steady force. 2. To move on with urging and crowding; to make one's way with violence or effort; to bear onward forcibly; to crowd; to throng; to encroach. They pressed upon him for to touch him. --Mark iii. 10. 3. To urge with vehemence or importunity; to exert a strong or compelling influence; as, an argument presses upon the judgment.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Press \Press\, n. [F. presse. See 4th {Press}.] 1. An apparatus or machine by which any substance or body is pressed, squeezed, stamped, or shaped, or by which an impression of a body is taken; sometimes, the place or building containing a press or presses. Note: Presses are differently constructed for various purposes in the arts, their specific uses being commonly designated; as, a cotton press, a wine press, a cider press, a copying press, etc. See {Drill press}. 2. Specifically, a printing press. 3. The art or business of printing and publishing; hence, printed publications, taken collectively, more especially newspapers or the persons employed in writing for them; as, a free press is a blessing, a licentious press is a curse.