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press

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noun (1)

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a
: a crowd or crowded condition : throng
b
: a thronging or crowding forward or together
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a
: an apparatus or machine by which a substance is cut or shaped, an impression of a body is taken, a material is compressed, pressure is applied to a body, liquid is expressed, or a cutting tool is fed into the work by pressure
b
: a building containing presses or a business using presses
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a
: an action of pressing or pushing : pressure
b
: an aggressive pressuring defense employed in basketball often over the entire court area
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: the properly smoothed and creased condition of a freshly pressed garment
out of press
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b
: the act or the process of printing
c
: a printing or publishing establishment
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a
: the gathering and publishing or broadcasting of news : journalism
b
: newspapers, periodicals, and often radio and television news broadcasting
c
: news reporters, publishers, and broadcasters
d
: comment or notice in newspapers and periodicals
is getting a good press
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: any of various pressure devices (such as one for keeping sporting gear from warping when not in use)
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: a lift in weight lifting in which the weight is raised to shoulder height and then smoothly extended overhead without assist from the legs compare clean and jerk, snatch

press

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verb (1)

pressed; pressing; presses

transitive verb

1
: to act upon through steady pushing or thrusting force exerted in contact : squeeze
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a
: to squeeze out the juice or contents of
b
: to squeeze with apparatus or instruments to a desired density, smoothness, or shape
press [=iron] a shirt
… the drained curds are generally pressed together into solid blocks of cheese. Caroline Campion
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a
: to exert influence on : constrain
b
: to try hard to persuade : beseech, entreat
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: to move by means of pressure
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a
: to lay stress or emphasis on
b
: to insist on or request urgently
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: to follow through (a course of action)
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: to clasp in affection or courtesy
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: to make (a phonograph record) from a matrix (see matrix sense 2d)
also : to make (another kind of disk, such as a CD) by a similar process

intransitive verb

1
: to crowd closely : mass
2
: to force or push one's way
3
: to seek urgently : contend
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: to require haste or speed in action
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: to exert pressure
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: to take or hold a press
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: to employ a press in basketball

press

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verb (2)

pressed; pressing; presses

transitive verb

1
: to force into service especially in an army or navy : impress
2
a
: to take by authority especially for public use : commandeer
b
: to take and force into any usually emergency service

intransitive verb

: to impress men as soldiers or sailors

press

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noun (2)

1
: impressment into service especially in a navy
2
obsolete : a warrant for impressing recruits
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