1. to exert steady weight or force against; bear down on.
2. to squeeze the juice or other contents from.
3. to extract (juice, for example) by squeezing or compressing.
4. to reshape or make compact by applying steady force; compress.
5. to iron (clothing, for example).
6. to clasp in fondness or politeness.
7. to try to influence, as by insistent arguments; importune or entreat: he pressed her for a reply.
8. to urge or force to action; impel.
9. to place in trying or distressing circumstances; harass or oppress.
10. to move (keys on a computer keyboard, for example) by applying pressure.
11. to lay stress on; emphasize.
12. to advance or carry on vigorously: "far from backing down, he pressed the attack” ( Justin Kaplan).
13. to put forward importunately or insistently: press an argument.
14. to make (a phonograph record or videodisc) from a mold or matrix.
15. sports to lift (a weight) to a position above the head without moving the legs.
16. to exert force or pressure.
17. to weigh heavily, as on the mind.
18. to advance eagerly; push forward.
19. to require haste; be urgent.
20. to iron clothes or other material.
21. to assemble closely and in large numbers; crowd.
22. to employ urgent persuasion or entreaty.
23. sports to raise or lift a weight in a press.
24. basketball to employ a press.
25. any of various machines or devices that apply pressure.
26. any of various machines used for printing; a printing press.
27. A place or establishment where matter is printed.
28. the art, method, or business of printing.
29. the collecting and publishing or broadcasting of news; journalism in general.
30. the entirety of media and agencies that collect, publish, transmit, or broadcast the news.
31. the people involved in the media, as news reporters, photographers, publishers, and broadcasters.
32. commentary or coverage especially in print media: "like the pool hall and the tattoo parlor, the motorcycle usually gets a bad press” ( R.Z. Sheppard).
33. the act of gathering in large numbers or of pushing forward.
34. A large gathering; a throng. see synonyms at crowd1.
35. the act of applying pressure.
36. the state of being pressed.
37. the haste or urgency of business or matters.
38. the set of proper creases in a garment or fabric, formed by ironing.
39. chiefly northeastern U.S. an upright closet or case used for storing clothing, books, or other articles.
40. A viselike device for keeping a racket from warping.
41. sports A lift in weightlifting in which the weight is raised to shoulder level and then steadily pushed straight overhead without movement of the legs.
42. basketball an aggressive defense tactic in which players guard opponents closely, often over the entire court.
43. go to press to be submitted for printing.
44. in press submitted for printing; in the process of being printed.
45. pressed for time in a hurry; under time pressure.
46. press the flesh informal to shake hands and mingle with many people, especially while campaigning for public office.
47. to force into service in the army or navy; impress.
48. to take arbitrarily or by force, especially for public use.
49. to use in a manner different from the usual or intended, especially in an emergency.
50. conscription or impressment into service, especially into the army or navy.
51. obsolete an official warrant for impressing men into military service.

1. A device used to apply pressure to an item.
2. A collective term for the print based media (both the people and the newspapers)
3. A publisher.
4. (especially in ireland and scotland) an enclosed storage space (eg closet, cupboard).
5. A printing machine.
6. an exercise in which weight is forced away from the body by extension of the arms or legs.
7. an additional bet in a golf match that duplicates an existing (usually losing) wager in value, but begins even at the time of the bet.
8. pure, unfermented, unaltered grape juice.
9. to exert weight or force against, to act upon with with force or weight
10. to compress, squeeze
11. to clasp, hold in an embrace; to hug
12. to reduce to a particular shape or form by pressure, especially flatten or smooth
13. (sewing) 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.
14. to drive or thrust by pressure, to force in a certain direction
15. to weigh upon, oppress, trouble
16. to force to a certain end or result; to urge strongly, impel
17. to hasten, urge onward
18. to urge, beseech, entreat
19. to lay stress upon, emphasize
20. to throng, crowd
21. to print

1. 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.
2. A commission to force men into public service, particularly into the navy.
3. 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.
4. specifically, a printing press.
5. the art or business of printing and publishing; hence, printed publications, taken collectively, more especially newspapers or the persons employed in writing for them.
6. an upright case or closet for the safe keeping of articles.
7. the act of pressing or thronging forward.
8. urgent demands of business or affairs; urgency.
9. A multitude of individuals crowded together; � crowd of single things; a throng.
10. to exert pressure; to bear heavily; to push, crowd, or urge with steady force.
11. 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.
12. to urge with vehemence or importunity; to exert a strong or compelling influence.
13. to force into service, particularly into naval service; to impress.
14. 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
15. to squeeze, in order to extract the juice or contents of; to squeeze out, or express, from something.
16. to squeeze in or with suitable instruments or apparatus, in order to compact, make dense, or smooth; ; to smooth by ironing.
17. to embrace closely; to hug.
18. to oppress; to bear hard upon.
19. to straiten; to distress.
20. to exercise very powerful or irresistible influence upon or over; to constrain; to force; to compel.
21. to try to force (something upon some one); to urge or inculcate with earnestness or importunity; to enforce.
22. to drive with violence; to hurry; to urge on; to ply hard.

1. to exert weight or force against; bear down upon; act upon with weight or force; weigh heavily upon.
2. to compress; squeeze: as, to press fruit for the purpose of extracting the juice.
3. to clasp; hold in an embrace.
4. to reduce to a particular shape or form by pressure: as, to press cloth with an iron; to press a hat.
5. to drive or thrust by pressure; force in a certain direction: as, to press a crowd back.
6. to weigh upon; oppress; trouble.
7. to constrain or force to a certain end or result; urge strongly; impel.
8. to hasten; bring to pass or execute hastily.
9. to urge; beseech; entreat.
10. to seek earnestly; make request for; solicit.
11. to thrust upon others; enforce; impose.
12. to inculcate; impress upon the mind; urge as a doctrine, truth, fact, or rule of conduct.
13. to lay stress upon; attach special importance to; emphasize.
14. to throng; fill with a crowd or press.
15. to print.
16. to exert pressure or weight; specifically, to bear heavily.
17. to strain or strive eagerly; advance with eagerness or energetic efforts; hasten.
18. to crowd; throng.
19. to advance with force; encroach.
20. to approach unseasonably or importunately; obtrude one's self.
21. to importune.
22. to exert pressure, as by influence or moral force.
23. to force into service, especially into military or naval service; impress.
24. to act as a press-gang; force persons into military or naval service.
25. in golf, to strive to hit the ball harder than usual, or harder than it can be hit with accuracy, in order to gain greater distance.
26. the act of urging or pushing forward; a crowding or thronging.
27. A crowd; throng; multitude.
28. abundance; plenty.
29. pressure; the exertion of force; compulsion.
30. A critical situation; a position of danger or embarrassment; the state of being beset.
31. urgency; urgent demands of affairs: as, press of business.
32. an instrument or machine by which anything is subjected to pressure (especially if the pressure is great), as by the use of hand-levers, the screw, hydraulic agency, or steam-power.
33. in the jacquard loom, the mechanism which actuates the cylinder or prism and its cards to press back the needles or wires which are not to act, so as to disengage them from the lifting-bar.
34. specifically, a machine for printing; a printing-press; hence, collectively, the agencies employed in producing printed matter.
35. the art of printing; hence, those who are engaged in printing or publishing.
36. that which is printed; the sum total of printed literature: specifically applied to newspapers and other periodical publications.
37. an upright case or cupboard in which clothes, books, china, or other articles are kept; specifically, in libraries, a bookcase, or a set of bookshelves.
38. in photography, same as printing-frame.
39. A printing-press used for printing cards.
40. an order or commission to impress men into public service, particularly into the army or navy.
41. A machine for forming, shaping, or working metal by stamping, drawing, or cutting.
42. A chitinous structure with attached pyramidal muscles in the silk-duct of lepidopterous and trichopterous larvæ (and certain hymenopterous larvæ as well) which serves to regulate the diameter of the silk threads and the amount of gum surrounding them.

1. make strenuous pushing movements during birth to expel the baby
2. 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
3. lift weights
4. squeeze or press together
5. a machine used for printing
6. crowd closely
7. exert pressure or force to or upon
8. create by pressing
9. a tall piece of furniture that provides storage space for clothes; has a door and rails or hooks for hanging clothes
10. the print media responsible for gathering and publishing news in the form of newspapers or magazines
11. the state of demanding notice or attention
12. a dense crowd of people
13. press and smooth with a heated iron
14. be urgent
15. force or impel in an indicated direction
16. to be oppressive or burdensome
17. the act of pressing; the exertion of pressure
18. ask for or request earnestly
19. any machine that exerts pressure to form or shape or cut materials or extract liquids or compress solids
20. a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then smoothly lifted overhead
21. clamp to prevent wooden rackets from warping when not in use
22. place between two surfaces and apply weight or pressure
23. press from a plastic