What is the meaning of the word "press"?
Definitions:
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be urgent verb
- This is a pressing problem
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crowd closely verb
- The crowds pressed along the street
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exert pressure or force to or upon verb
- I pressed down on the board with my foot while my friend hammered the nails.
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lift weights verb
- This guy can press 300 pounds
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place between two surfaces and apply weight or pressure verb
- pressed flowers
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press and smooth with a heated iron verb
- press your shirts
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press from a plastic verb
- press a record
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squeeze or press together verb
- The lead trumpeter told me to press my lips on the mouthpiece to make a firm seal.
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the act of pressing noun
- the exertion of pressure
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to be oppressive or burdensome verb
- My worries about work pressed on my mind.
Synonyms:
- adjure
- agitate
- beseech
- bid
- campaign
- closet
- compact
- compress
- conjure
- constrict
- contract
- crusade
- crush
- entreat
- exhort
- fight
- imperativeness
- insistence
- insistency
- iron
- iron out
- jam
- mechanical press
- military press
- press out
- pressing
- pressure
- printing press
- public press
- push
- squeeze
- urge
- urge on
- wardrobe
- weigh
- weight-lift
- weightlift