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say it: pres
press is a verb and noun meaning "exert pressure or force to or upon". It carries 23 recorded senses.
force or impel in an indicated direction
“I urged him to finish his studies”
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”
the state of demanding notice or attention
“the insistence of their hunger”
“the press of business matters”
the print media responsible for gathering and publishing news in the form of newspapers or magazines
a machine used for printing
a dense crowd of people
a tall piece of furniture that provides storage space for clothes; has a door and rails or hooks for hanging clothes
clamp to prevent wooden rackets from warping when not in use
any machine that exerts pressure to form or shape or cut materials or extract liquids or compress solids
a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then smoothly lifted overhead
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”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for press come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.