Sounds | preh's | |
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Rhymes | ABS ... yes: 78 rhymes with ehs... |
Meaning | The state of demanding notice or attention. | |
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Example | "the press of business matters" | |
Synonyms | imperativeness, insistence, insistency, pressure | |
Broader | urgency | The state of being urgent |
Spanish | imperiosidad, insistencia, presión | |
Catalan | insistència, pressió |
Meaning | The print media responsible for gathering and publishing news in the form of newspapers or magazines. | |
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Synonym | public press | |
Parts | press corps | A group of journalists representing different publications who all cover the same topics |
Narrower | free press | A press not restricted or controlled by government censorship regarding politics or ideology |
magazine, mag | A periodic publication containing pictures and stories and articles of interest to those who purchase it or subscribe to it | |
newspaper, paper | A daily or weekly publication on folded sheets | |
Broader | print media | A medium that disseminates printed matter |
Spanish | prensa, prensa pública | |
Catalan | premsa, premsa pública |
Meaning | A machine used for printing. | |
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Synonym | printing press | |
Parts | bed | The flat surface of a printing press on which the type form is laid in the last stage / stage of producing a newspaper or magazine or book / book etc. |
Narrower | flatbed press, cylinder press | A printing press where the type is carried on a flat bed under a cylinder that holds paper and rolls over the type |
rotary press | A printing press for printing from a revolving cylinder | |
standing press | A large printing press that exerts pressure vertically | |
Broader | machine | Any mechanical or electrical device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of human tasks |
Spanish | imprenta, prensa | |
Catalan | impremta, premsa d'estampar, premsa, tòrcul |
Meaning | A dense crowd of people. | |
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Synonyms | crush, jam | |
Narrower | traffic jam, snarl-up | A number of vehicles blocking one another until they can scarcely move |
Broader | crowd | A large number of things or people considered together |
Spanish | aglomeración, gentío, muchedumbre, turba | |
Catalan | aglomeració, gentada, munió, turba | |
Verbs | press | crowd closely |
Meaning | A tall piece of furniture that provides storage space for clothes; has a door and rails or hooks for hanging clothes. | |
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Synonyms | wardrobe, closet | |
Narrower | armoire | A large wardrobe or cabinet |
clothes closet, clothespress | A closet where clothes are stored | |
coat closet | A closet for storing outerwear | |
Broader | furniture, piece of furniture, article of furniture | furnishings that make a room or other area ready for occupancy |
Spanish | armario, clóset, placard, ropero | |
Catalan | armari |
Meaning | clamp to prevent wooden rackets from warping when not in use. | |
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Broader | clamp, clinch | A device (generally used by carpenters) that holds things firmly together |
Spanish | prensa para raquetas |
Meaning | Any machine that exerts pressure to form or shape or cut materials or extract liquids / liquids or compress solids. | |
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Synonym | mechanical press | |
Narrower | cheese press | A press for shaping cheese curd |
ciderpress | A press that is used to extract the juice from apples | |
garlic press | A press for extracting juice from garlic / garlic | |
hydraulic press | Press in which a force applied by a piston to a small area is transmitted through water to another piston having a large area | |
punch press | A power driven press used to shape metal parts | |
winepress | A press that is used to extract the juice from grapes | |
Broader | machine | Any mechanical or electrical device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of human tasks |
Spanish | prensa | |
Catalan | premsa | |
Verbs | press | press from a plastic |
press | create by pressing |
Meaning | A weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then smoothly lifted overhead. | |
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Synonym | military press | |
Broader | weightlift, weightlifting | bodybuilding by exercise that involves lifting weights |
Spanish | press militar | |
Catalan | press militar | |
Verbs | press | lift weights |
Meaning | The act of pressing; the exertion of pressure. | |
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Examples |
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Synonyms | pressure, pressing | |
Narrower | compression, compressing | applying pressure |
impression | The act of pressing one thing on or into the surface / surface of another | |
Broader | push, pushing | The act of applying force in order to move something away |
Spanish | prensa, presión | |
Catalan | pressió | |
Verbs | press | exert pressure or force to or upon |
press | place between two surfaces and apply weight or pressure | |
press | squeeze or press together | |
press | make strenuous pushing movements during birth to expel the baby | |
press | create by pressing |
Meaning | Exert pressure or force to or upon. | |
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Pattern | Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP; Somebody ----s PP | |
Examples |
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Entailed by | compress, compact, pack together | make more compact by or as if by pressing |
impress, imprint | mark or stamp with or as if with pressure | |
push, force | Move with force, "He pushed the table into a corner" | |
Narrower | crunch, cranch, craunch, grind | Press or grind with a crushing noise |
drag down, bear down, bear down on, press down on, weigh down | Exert a force with a heavy weight | |
knuckle | Press or rub with the knuckles | |
push | Press against forcefully without moving | |
squash, crush, squelch, mash, squeeze | To compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition | |
squeeze | Press firmly | |
Broader | touch | make physical contact with, come in contact with |
Spanish | apretar, prensar, presionar, pulsar | |
Catalan | polsar, prémer, premsar, pressionar | |
Nouns | press, pressure, pressing | the act of pressing |
pressure | the force applied to a unit area of surface |
Meaning | Force or impel in an indicated direction. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE | |
Model | Sam cannot press Sue; They press him to write the letter | |
Synonyms | urge, urge on, exhort | |
Narrower | preach, advocate | speak, plead, or argue in favor of |
push, bear on | Press, drive, or impel (someone) to action or completion of an action | |
rush, hurry | urge to an unnatural speed | |
Broader | rede, advise, counsel | Give advice to |
Spanish | empujar, exhortar, instar, presionar, urgir | |
Catalan | empènyer, exhortar, instar, pressionar | |
Nouns | pressure | a force that compels |
Meaning | To be oppressive or burdensome. | |
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Pattern | Something is ----ing PP | |
Example | "weigh heavily on the mind", "Something pressed on his mind" | |
Synonym | weigh | |
Broader | count, matter, weigh | Have weight |
Spanish | presionar |
Meaning | place between two surfaces and apply weight or pressure. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
Example | "pressed flowers" | |
Narrower | calender | Press between rollers or plates so as to smooth, glaze, or thin into sheets |
iron, iron out, press | Press and smooth with a heated iron | |
Broader | flatten, flatten out | Become flat or flatter |
Spanish | prensar, pulsar | |
Nouns | press, pressing | the act of pressing |
Meaning | crowd closely. | |
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Pattern | Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP | |
Example | "The crowds pressed along the street" | |
Broader | mass | join / join together into a mass or collect or form a mass |
Spanish | agobiar, apretujarse, pulsar | |
Catalan | atapeir-se | |
Nouns | press | a dense crowd of people |
Meaning | create by pressing. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
Example | "Press little holes into the soft clay" | |
Broader | make, create | make or cause to be or to become |
Spanish | pulsar | |
Nouns | press | the act of pressing |
press | any machine that exerts pressure to form or shape or cut materials or extract liquids / liquids or compress solids |
Meaning | Be urgent. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s | |
Example | "This is a pressing problem" | |
Broader | be | Have the quality of being |
Nouns | pressure | the state of demanding notice or attention |
Meaning | 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. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
Synonyms | crusade, fight, campaign, push, agitate | |
Broader | advertise, advertize, promote, push | make publicity for |
Similar to | advertise, advertize, promote, push | make publicity for |
Spanish | agitar, cruzar, hacer campaña, pulsar |
Meaning | Press from a plastic. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
Example | "press a record" | |
Synonym | press out | |
Broader | cast, mold, mould | form by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mold |
Spanish | expulsar, imprimir, prensar | |
Nouns | press | any machine that exerts pressure to form or shape or cut materials or extract liquids / liquids or compress solids |
pressing | a metal or plastic part that is made by a mechanical press |
Meaning | make strenuous pushing movements during birth to expel the baby. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
Synonym | push | |
Broader | push, force | Move with force, "He pushed the table into a corner" |
Spanish | empujar, pulsar | |
Nouns | press | the act of pressing |
Meaning | Press and smooth with a heated iron. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
Example | "press your shirts" | |
Synonyms | iron, iron out | |
Entails | heat, heat up | make hot or hotter |
Narrower | mangle | Press with a mangle |
Broader | press | place between two surfaces and apply weight or pressure |
Spanish | planchar | |
Catalan | planxar |
Meaning | Lift weights. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
Example | "This guy can press 300 pounds" | |
Synonyms | weight-lift, weightlift | |
Broader | exercise, work out | Do physical exercise |
Spanish | levantar pesas | |
Nouns | press | a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then smoothly lifted overhead |
Meaning | ask for or request earnestly. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE | |
Synonyms | bid, beseech, entreat, adjure, conjure | |
Broader | plead | appeal or request earnestly |
Spanish | adjurar, conjurar, implorar, requerir, rogar, suplicar | |
Catalan | implorar, instar |
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