impression

impression has 18 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 10.

Definitions

• n.. The act of impressing, or the state of being impressed; the communication of a stamp, mold, style, or character, by external force or by influence.
• n.. That which is impressed; stamp; mark; indentation; sensible result of an influence exerted from without.
• n.. That which impresses, or exercises an effect, action, or agency; appearance; phenomenon.
• n.. Influence or effect on the senses or the intellect hence, interest, concern.
• n.. An indistinct notion, remembrance, or belief.
• n.. Impressiveness; emphasis of delivery.
• n.. The pressure of the type on the paper, or the result of such pressure, as regards its appearance; as, a heavy impression; a clear, or a poor, impression; also, a single copy as the result of printing, or the whole edition printed at a given time.
• n.. In painting, the first coat of color, as the priming in house painting and the like.
• n.. A print on paper from a wood block, metal plate, or the like.
• n.. the act of pressing one thing on or into the surface of another; "he watched the impression of the seal on the hot wax"
• n.. an impressionistic portrayal of a person; "he did a funny impression of a politician"
• n.. (dentistry) an imprint of the teeth and gums in wax or plaster; "the dentist took an impression for use in preparing an inlay"