press
press is a 5-letter English word with 45 senses as noun, verb, and intransitive verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- 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.
- noun. To force into service, particularly into naval service; to impress.
- noun. A commission to force men into public service, particularly into the navy.
- verb. 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.
- verb. To squeeze, in order to extract the juice or contents of; to squeeze out, or express, from something.
- verb. 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.
- verb. To embrace closely; to hug.
- verb. To oppress; to bear hard upon.
- verb. To straiten; to distress; as, to be pressed with want or hunger.
- verb. To exercise very powerful or irresistible influence upon or over; to constrain; to force; to compel.
- verb. 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.
- verb. To drive with violence; to hurry; to urge on; to ply hard; as, to press a horse in a race.
- intransitive verb. To exert pressure; to bear heavily; to push, crowd, or urge with steady force.
- intransitive verb. 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.
- intransitive verb. To urge with vehemence or importunity; to exert a strong or compelling influence; as, an argument presses upon the judgment.
- 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.
- noun. Specifically, a printing 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.
- noun. An upright case or closet for the safe keeping of articles; as, a clothes press.
- noun. The act of pressing or thronging forward.
- noun. Urgent demands of business or affairs; urgency; as, a press of engagements.
- noun. A multitude of individuals crowded together; / crowd of single things; a throng.
- noun. the act of pressing; the exertion of pressure
"he gave the button a press"
"he used pressure to stop the bleeding"
- noun. a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then smoothly lifted overhead
- noun. any machine that exerts pressure to form or shape or cut materials or extract liquids or compress solids
- noun. a machine used for printing
- noun. clamp to prevent wooden rackets from warping when not in use
- noun. a tall piece of furniture that provides storage space for clothes; has a door and rails or hooks for hanging clothes
- noun. the print media responsible for gathering and publishing news in the form of newspapers or magazines
- noun. a dense crowd of people
- noun. the state of demanding notice or attention
"the insistence of their hunger"
"the press of business matters"
- verb. ask for or request earnestly
"The prophet bid all people to become good persons"
- verb. force or impel in an indicated direction
"I urged him to finish his studies"
- verb. lift weights
"This guy can press 300 pounds"
- verb. squeeze or press together
"she compressed her lips"
"the spasm contracted the muscle"
- verb. place between two surfaces and apply weight or pressure
"pressed flowers"
- verb. press and smooth with a heated iron
"press your shirts"
"she stood there ironing"
- verb. exert pressure or force to or upon
"He pressed down on the boards"
"press your thumb on this spot"
- verb. make strenuous pushing movements during birth to expel the baby
"`Now push hard,' said the doctor to the woman"
- verb. press from a plastic
"press a record"
- verb. create by pressing
"Press little holes into the soft clay"
- verb. crowd closely
"The crowds pressed along the street"
- verb. 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"
- verb. to be oppressive or burdensome, "Something pressed on his mind"
"weigh heavily on the mind"
- verb. be urgent
"This is a pressing problem"
Synonyms
pressing, pressure, closet, wardrobe, crush, jam, imperativeness, insistence, insistency, adjure, beseech, bid, conjure, entreat, exhort, urge, weightlift, compact, compress, constrict, contract, squeeze, iron, push
Common word forms
pres, pressed, presser, presses, pressly, pressful, pressing, pressable
Words from these letters
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