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Press (noun)
A device used to apply pressure to an item.
“a flower press”
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Press (noun)
A printing machine.
“Stop the presses!”
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Press (noun)
A collective term for the print-based media (both the people and the newspapers).
“according to a member of the press;”
“This article appeared in the press.”
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Press (noun)
A publisher.
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Press (noun)
An enclosed storage space (e.g. closet, cupboard).
“Put the cups in the press.”
“Put the ironing in the linen press.”
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Press (noun)
An exercise in which weight is forced away from the body by extension of the arms or legs.
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Press (noun)
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.”
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Press (noun)
Pure, unfermented grape juice.
“I would like some Concord press with my meal tonight.”
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Press (noun)
A commission to force men into public service, particularly into the navy.
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Press (noun)
A crowd.
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Press (verb)
to exert weight or force against, to act upon with force or weight
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Press (verb)
to compress, squeeze
“to press fruit for the purpose of extracting the juice”
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Press (verb)
to clasp, hold in an embrace; to hug
“She took her son, and press’d”
“The illustrious infant to her fragrant breast (Dryden, Illiad, VI. 178.)”
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Press (verb)
to reduce to a particular shape or form by pressure, especially flatten or smooth
“to press cloth with an iron”
“to press a hat”
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Press (verb)
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.
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Press (verb)
to drive or thrust by pressure, to force in a certain direction
“to press a crowd back”
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Press (verb)
to weigh upon, oppress, trouble
“He turns from us;”
“Alas, he weeps too! Something presses him”
“He would reveal, but dare not.-Sir, be comforted. (Fletcher, Pilgrim, I. 2.)”
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Press (verb)
to force to a certain end or result; to urge strongly, impel
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Press (verb)
To try to force (something upon someone); to urge or inculcate.
“to press the Bible on an audience”
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Press (verb)
to hasten, urge onward
“to press a horse in a race”
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Press (verb)
to urge, beseech, entreat
“God heard their prayers, wherein they earnestly pressed him for the honor of his great name. (Winthrop, Hist. New England, II. 35)”
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Press (verb)
to lay stress upon, emphasize
“If we read but a very little, we naturally want to press it all; if we read a great deal, we are willing not to press the whole of what we read, and we learn what ought to be pressed and what not. (M. Arnold, Literature and Dogma, Pref.)”
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Press (verb)
to throng, crowd
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Press (verb)
to print
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Press (verb)
To force into service, particularly into naval service.
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Depress (verb)
To press down.
“Depress the upper lever to start the machine.”
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Depress (verb)
To make depressed, sad or bored.
“Winter depresses me.”
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Depress (verb)
To cause a depression or a decrease in parts of the economy.
“Lower productivity will eventually depress wages.”
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Depress (verb)
To bring down or humble; to abase (pride, etc.).
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Depress (verb)
To reduce (an equation) in a lower degree.