press

(countable, uncountable)An instance of applying pressure; an instance of pressing.

(countable)A device used to apply pressure to an item.

a flower press

(uncountable)A crowd.

(countable)A printing machine.

Stop the presses!

Đồng nghĩa: printing press

(collective, uncountable)The print-based media (both the people and the newspapers).

according to a member of the press

This article appeared in the press.

(countable)A publisher.

(countable, especially)(countable, especially in Ireland and Scotland) An enclosed storage space (e.g. closet, cupboard).

Put the cups in the press.

Put the ironing in the linen press.

(countable)(countable, weightlifting) An exercise in which weight is forced away from the body by extension of the arms or legs.

(countable)(countable, golf, gambling) 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.

He can even the match with a press.

(countable)Pure, unfermented grape juice.

I would like some Concord press with my meal tonight.

(countable, uncountable)A commission to force men into public service, particularly into the navy.

Đồng nghĩa: press-gang

(countable, uncountable)(psychology) In personology, any environmental factor that arouses a need in the individual.

(ambitransitive)To exert weight or force against, to act upon with force or weight; to exert pressure upon.

(transitive)(transitive, mechanics, electronics) To activate a button or key by exerting a downward or forward force on it, and then releasing it.

Đồng nghĩa: strike, hit, depress

(transitive)To compress, squeeze.

to press fruit for the purpose of extracting the juice

Đồng nghĩa: thring, thrutch, astringe, compact, telescope, compactify, condense, densitize, pack, press, mash, scrunch, smush, squoosh, squash, squish, squeeze, thring, thrutch

(transitive)To clasp, hold in an embrace.

Đồng nghĩa: hug

(transitive)To reduce to a particular shape or form by pressure, especially flatten or smooth.

to press cloth with a clothes-iron

to press a hat

(transitive)(transitive, 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.

(transitive)To drive or thrust by pressure, to force in a certain direction.

to press a crowd back

Đồng nghĩa: thring, thrutch

(obsolete, transitive)To weigh upon, oppress, trouble.

(transitive)To force to a certain end or result; to urge strongly.

Đồng nghĩa: impel

To try to force (something upon someone).

to press the Bible on an audience

Đồng nghĩa: urge, inculcate

(transitive)To hasten, urge onward.

to press a horse in a race

(transitive)To urge, beseech, entreat.