pressing
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Definitions ofpressing
- To exert weight or force against, to act upon with force or weight; to exert pressure upon.
- To activate a button or key by exerting a downward or forward force on it, and then releasing it.
- To compress, squeeze.
Example: "to press fruit for the purpose of extracting the juice"
- To clasp, hold in an embrace.
Synonyms: hug
- To reduce to a particular shape or form by pressure, especially flatten or smooth.
Example: "to press a hat"
- 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.
- To drive or thrust by pressure, to force in a certain direction.
Example: "to press a crowd back"
- To weigh upon, oppress, trouble.
- To force to a certain end or result; to urge strongly.
Synonyms: impel
- To try to force (something upon someone).
Example: "to press the Bible on an audience"
- To hasten, urge onward.
Example: "to press a horse in a race"
- To urge, beseech, entreat.
- To lay stress upon.
Synonyms: emphasize
- To throng, crowd.
- To print.
- To force into service, particularly into naval service.
Synonyms: "press-gang"
- The application of pressure by a press or other means.
- A metal or plastic part made with a press.
- The process of improving the appearance of clothing by improving creases and removing wrinkles with a press or an iron.
- A memento preserved by pressing, folding, or drying between the leaves of a flat container, book, or folio. Usually done with a flower, ribbon, letter, or other soft, small keepsake.
- The extraction of juice from fruit using a press.
- A phonograph record; a number of records pressed at the same time.
- Urgent insistence.
- Needing urgent attention.
- Insistent, earnest, or persistent.
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