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What (who) is press - definition
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Presses; The Press (disambiguation); Press (disambiguation); Press (song)
press
(presses, pressing, pressed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.
1.
If you press something somewhere, you push it firmly against something else.
He pressed his back against the door...
They pressed the silver knife into the cake.
VERB: V n against n, V n prep
2.
If you press a button or switch, you push it with your finger in order to make a machine or device work.
Drago pressed a button and the door closed...
VERB: V n
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Press is also a noun.
...a TV which rises from a table at the press of a button.
N-COUNT: usu sing
3.
If you press something or press down on it, you push hard against it with your foot or hand.
The engine stalled. He pressed the accelerator hard...
She stood up and leaned forward with her hands pressing down on the desk.
VERB: V n, V adv
4.
If you press for something, you try hard to persuade someone to give it to you or to agree to it.
Police might now press for changes in the law...
They had pressed for their children to be taught French.
= push
VERB: V for n, V for n to-inf
5.
If you press someone, you try hard to persuade them to do something.
Trade unions are pressing him to stand firm...
Mr King seems certain to be pressed for further details...
She smiles coyly when pressed about her private life.
VERB: V n to-inf, be V-ed for/about n, be V-ed for/about n
6.
If someone presses their claim, demand, or point, they state it in a very forceful way.
The protest campaign has used mass strikes and demonstrations to press its demands...
VERB: V n
7.
If an unpleasant feeling or worry presses on you, it affects you very much or you are always thinking about it.
The weight of irrational guilt pressed on her...
VERB: V on n
8.
If you press something on someone, you give it to them and insist that they take it.
All I had was money, which I pressed on her reluctant mother...
VERB: V n on n
9.
If you press clothes, you iron them in order to get rid of the creases.
Vera pressed his shirt...
...clean, neatly pressed, conservative clothes.
= iron
VERB: V n, V-ed
10.
If you press fruits or vegetables, you squeeze them or crush them, usually in order to extract the juice.
The grapes are hand-picked and pressed...
I pressed the juice of half a lemon into a glass of water.
...1 clove fresh garlic, pressed or diced.
VERB: be V-ed, V n, V-ed
11.
Newspapers are referred to as the press.
Today the British press is full of articles on India's new prime minister...
Press reports revealed that ozone levels in the upper atmosphere fell during the past month.
N-SING-COLL: the N
12.
Journalists are referred to as the press.
Christie looked relaxed and calm as he faced the press afterwards...
N-SING-COLL: the N
13.
A press or a printing press is a machine used for printing things such as books and newspapers.
N-COUNT
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15.
If someone or something gets a bad press, they are criticized, especially in the newspapers, on television, or on radio. If they get a good press, they are praised.
...the bad press that career women consistently get in this country...
PHRASE: V inflects
16.
If you press charges against someone, you make an official accusation against them which has to be decided in a court of law.
I could have pressed charges against him...
PHRASE: V inflects, oft PHR against n
17.
When a newspaper or magazine goes to press, it starts being printed.
We check prices at the time of going to press...
PHRASE: V inflects
Press
·noun Specifically, a printing press.
II. Press ·noun The act of pressing or thronging forward.
III. Press ·v To embrace closely; to Hug.
IV. Press ·v To Oppress; to bear hard upon.
V. Press ·noun A commission to force men into public service, particularly into the navy.
VI. Press ·noun Urgent demands of business or affairs; urgency; as, a press of engagements.
VII. Press ·noun A multitude of individuals crowded together; / crowd of single things; a throng.
VIII. Press ·vi To exert pressure; to bear heavily; to push, crowd, or urge with steady force.
IX. Press ·noun An upright case or closet for the safe keeping of articles; as, a clothes press.
X. Press ·noun To force into service, particularly into naval service; to Impress.
XI. Press ·v To squeeze, in order to extract the juice or contents of; to squeeze out, or express, from something.
XIII. Press ·v To drive with violence; to Hurry; to urge on; to ply hard; as, to press a horse in a race.
XIV. Press ·vi To urge with vehemence or importunity; to exert a strong or compelling influence; as, an argument presses upon the judgment.
XV. Press ·v To exercise very powerful or irresistible influence upon or over; to Constrain; to Force; to Compel.
XVI. Press ·noun 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.
XVII. Press ·v 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.
XVIII. Press ·v 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.
XIX. Press ·noun 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.
XX. Press ·vi 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.
XXI. Press ·noun 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.
XXII. Press ·v 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.
press
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n.
instrument for crushing, shaping, squeezing
1) a cider; cookie (AE); hydraulic; wine press
publishing house
2) a university; vanity press
device for printing
3) a printing press
4) the presses roll
5) (misc.) to go to press
6) in press (our book is now in press)
newspapers, magazines
reporters
7) to censor; control; muzzle the press
8) a free press
9) the foreign; gutter, yellow; local press
publicity
10) a bad; good press (we got a bad press)
smoothness of a fabric
11) (a) permanent press
aggressive defense used in basketball
12) a full-court press
type of lift used by weight lifters
13) to do a press
14) a bench; military press
II
v.
1) to press hard
2) (d; intr., tr.) ('to push') to press against (to press against a door)
3) (d; intr., tr.) to press for ('to urge') (to press for reform; to press the authorities for information)
4) (D; tr.) ('to shape') to press into (to press clay into various forms)
5) (d; tr.) ('to place') to press into (to press all equipment into service)
6) (D; intr.) ('to squeeze') to press on (to press on a button).
7) (H) ('to urge') they were pressing me to agree to the compromise
Examples of use of press
1. The BackbencherSign up for our weekly political email Previous press conferences14.07.2006: July press conference 08.06.2006: June press conference 08.05.2006: May press conference 24.04.2006: April press conference 23.02.2006: February press conference 23.01.2006: January press conference 21.12.2005: December press conference
2. You can almost hear him say "I told you so". The BackbencherSign up for our weekly political email Previous press conferencesAugust press conference 14.07.2006: July press conference 08.06.2006: June press conference 08.05.2006: May press conference 24.04.2006: April press conference 23.02.2006: February press conference 23.01.2006: January press conference 21.12.2005: December press conference
3. Goodbye, then, to the Murdoch press, to the Barclay brothers press, and to the Rothermere press.
4. For additional information on journalism and press freedom, see World Press Freedom Day and Press Freedom.
5. For information on journalism and press freedom, see World Press Freedom Day, An Unfettered Press, Principles of Democracy: A Free Press and Media Emerging.