| 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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