press

press
I
n.
instrument for crushing, shaping, squeezing

1) a cider; cookie (AE); hydraulic; wine press

publishing house

2) a university; vanity press

device for printing

3) a printing press

4) the presses roll

5) (misc.) to go to press

6) in press (our book is now in press)

newspapers, magazines
reporters

7) to censor; control; muzzle the press

8) a free press

9) the foreign; gutter, yellow; local press

publicity

10) a bad; good press (we got a bad press)

smoothness of a fabric

11) (a) permanent press

aggressive defense used in basketball

12) a full-court press

type of lift used by weight lifters

13) to do a press

14) a bench; military press

II
v.

1) to press hard

2) (d; intr., tr.) ('to push') to press against (to press against a door)

3) (d; intr., tr.) to press for ('to urge') (to press for reform; to press the authorities for information)

4) (D; tr.) ('to shape') to press into (to press clay into various forms)

5) (d; tr.) ('to place') to press into (to press all equipment into service)

6) (D; intr.) ('to squeeze') to press on (to press on a button).

7) (H) ('to urge') they were pressing me to agree to the compromise

* * *
[pres]
hydraulic
local press
military press
muzzle the press
vanity press
wine press
cookie (AE)
good press (we got a bad press)
(D; intr.) ('to squeeze') to press on (to press on a button) .
(H) ('to urge') they were pressing me to agree to the compromise
(misc.) to go to press
['aggressive defense used in basketball'] a full-court press
['device for printing'] a printing press
['instrument for crashing, shaping, squeezing'] a cider
['newspapers, magazines'] ['reporters'] to censor
['publicity'] a bad
['publishing house'] a university
['smoothness of a fabric'] (a) permanent press
['type of lift used by weight lifters'] to do a press
a bench
a free press
the foreign
the presses roll
to presshard
in press (our book is now in press)
(d;intr.,tr.) ('to push') to press against (to press against a door)
(d; tr.) ('to place') to press into (to press all equipment into service)
(D; tr.) ('to shape') to press into (to press clay into various forms)
(d; intr., tr.) to press for (to press for reform; to press the authorities for information; 'to urge')

Combinatory dictionary. 2013.

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