DICTOMETER

PRESS

(press, apretar, estrujar, oprimir, prensa, prensar, klemme, presse, puffe, trykke, undertrykke)

1. Synonyms:
   • Imperativeness
   • Insistence
   • Insistency
   • Press
   • Pressure
   Definitions:
   • the state of demanding notice or attention
   Examples:
   • The insistence of their hunger
   • The press of business matters
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Press
   • Public press
   Definitions:
   • the print media responsible for gathering and publishing news in the form of newspapers or magazines
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Press
   • Printing press
   Definitions:
   • a machine used for printing
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Crush
   • Jam
   • Press
   Definitions:
   • a dense crowd of people
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Wardrobe
   • Closet
   • Press
   Definitions:
   • a tall piece of furniture that provides storage space for clothes
   • has a door and rails or hooks for hanging clothes
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Press
   Definitions:
   • clamp to prevent wooden rackets from warping when not in use
   
   
7. Synonyms:
   • Press
   • Mechanical press
   Definitions:
   • any machine that exerts pressure to form or shape or cut materials or extract liquids or compress solids
   
   
8. Synonyms:
   • Press
   • Military press
   Definitions:
   • a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then smoothly lifted overhead
   
   
9. Synonyms:
   • Press
   • Pressure
   • Pressing
   Definitions:
   • the act of pressing
   • the exertion of pressure
   Examples:
   • He gave the button a press
   • He used pressure to stop the bleeding
   • At the pressing of a button
   
   

1. Synonyms:
   • Press
   Definitions:
   • exert pressure or force to or upon
   Examples:
   • He pressed down on the boards
   • Press your thumb on this spot
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Urge
   • Urge on
   • Press
   • Exhort
   Definitions:
   • force or impel in an indicated direction
   Examples:
   • I urged him to finish his studies
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Weigh
   • Press
   Definitions:
   • to be oppressive or burdensome
   Examples:
   • Weigh heavily on the mind, Something pressed on his mind
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Press
   Definitions:
   • place between two surfaces and apply weight or pressure
   Examples:
   • Pressed flowers
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Compress
   • Constrict
   • Squeeze
   • Compact
   • Contract
   • Press
   Definitions:
   • squeeze or press together
   Examples:
   • She compressed her lips
   • The spasm contracted the muscle
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Press
   Definitions:
   • crowd closely
   Examples:
   • The crowds pressed along the street
   
   
7. Synonyms:
   • Press
   Definitions:
   • create by pressing
   Examples:
   • Press little holes into the soft clay
   
   
8. Synonyms:
   • Press
   Definitions:
   • be urgent
   Examples:
   • This is a pressing problem
   
   
9. Synonyms:
   • Crusade
   • Fight
   • Press
   • Campaign
   • Push
   • Agitate
   Definitions:
   • 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
   Examples:
   • The liberal party pushed for reforms
   • She is crusading for women's rights
   • The Dean is pushing for his favorite candidate
   
   
10. Synonyms:
    • Press
    • Press out
    Definitions:
    • press from a plastic
    Examples:
    • Press a record
    
    
11. Synonyms:
    • Press
    • Push
    Definitions:
    • make strenuous pushing movements during birth to expel the baby
    Examples:
    • `Now push hard,' said the doctor to the woman
    
    
12. Synonyms:
    • Iron
    • Iron out
    • Press
    Definitions:
    • press and smooth with a heated iron
    Examples:
    • Press your shirts
    • She stood there ironing
    
    
13. Synonyms:
    • Weight-lift
    • Weightlift
    • Press
    Definitions:
    • lift weights
    Examples:
    • This guy can press 300 pounds
    
    
14. Synonyms:
    • Bid
    • Beseech
    • Entreat
    • Adjure
    • Press
    • Conjure
    Definitions:
    • ask for or request earnestly
    Examples:
    • The prophet bid all people to become good persons