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PRESS

Definition:

1. [noun] newspaper writers and photographers
   Synonyms: fourth estate
   
   
2. [noun] the state of urgently demanding notice or attention; "the press of business matters"
   Synonyms: imperativeness, insistence, insistency, ure
   
   
3. [noun] the gathering and publishing of news in the form of newspapers or magazines
   Synonyms: public
   
   
4. [noun] a machine used for printing
   Synonyms: printing
   
   
5. [noun] a dense crowd of people
   Synonyms: crush, jam
   
   
6. [noun] a tall piece of furniture that provides storage space for clothes; has a door and rails or hooks for hanging clothes
   Synonyms: wardrobe, closet
   
   
7. [noun] clamp to prevent wooden rackets from warping when not in use
   
   
8. [noun] any machine that exerts pressure to form or shape or cut materials or extract liquids or compress solids
   Synonyms: mechanical
   
   
9. [noun] a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then smoothly lifted overhead
   Synonyms: military
   
   
10. [noun] 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"
    Synonyms: ure, ing
    
    
11. [verb] exert pressure or force to or upon; "He pressed down on the boards"; "press your thumb on this spot"
    
    
12. [verb] force or impel in an indicated direction; "I urged him to finish his studies"
    Synonyms: urge, urge on, exhort
    
    
13. [verb] to be oppressive or burdensome; "weigh heavily on the mind", "Something pressed on his mind"
    Synonyms: weigh
    
    
14. [verb] place between two surfaces and apply weight or pressure; "pressed flowers"
    
    
15. [verb] squeeze or press together; "she compressed her lips"; "the spasm contracted the muscle"
    Synonyms: comconstrict, squeeze, compact, contract
    
    
16. [verb] crowd closely; "The crowds pressed along the street"
    
    
17. [verb] create by pressing; "Press little holes into the soft clay"
    
    
18. [verb] be urgent; "This is a pressing problem"
    
    
19. [verb] 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"
    Synonyms: crusade, fight, campaign, push, agitate
    
    
20. [verb] press from a plastic; "press a record"
    Synonyms: out
    
    
21. [verb] make strenuous pushing movements during birth to expel the baby; "`Now push hard,' said the doctor to the woman"
    Synonyms: push
    
    
22. [verb] lift weights; "This guy can press 300 pounds"
    Synonyms: weight-lift, weightlift
    
    
23. [verb] ask for or request earnestly; "The prophet bid all people to become good persons"
    Synonyms: bid, beseech, entreat, adjure, conjure
    
    

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Related Words:

• squeeze
• squash, crush, squelch, mash, squeeze
• crunch, cranch, craunch, grind
• drag down, bear down, bear down on, press down on, weigh down
• knuckle
• push
• rush, hurry
• push, bear on
• preach, advocate
• iron, iron out
• calender
• choke, strangle
• prim
• astringe
• strangulate
• convulse
• convulse
• bear down, overbear
• choke, gag, fret
• choke, scrag
• gutter press
• press corps
• free press
• newspaper, paper
• magazine, mag
• flatbed press, cylinder press
• rotary press
• standing press
• traffic jam, snarl-up
• armoire
• clothes closet, clothespress
• coat closet
• cheese press
• ciderpress
• garlic press
• hydraulic press
• punch press
• winepress
• impression
• compression, compressing
• decompression, decompressing

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