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Type Words
Synonyms crush, jam
Type of crowd
Has types snarl-up, traffic jam
Type Words
Synonyms weigh
Type of count, matter, weigh


Something pressed on his mind.
Type Words
Synonyms public press
Type of print media
Has types free press, mag, newspaper, magazine, paper
Type Words
Synonyms pressing, pressure
Type of push, pushing
Has types impression, compressing, compression


he gave the button a press.
he used pressure to stop the bleeding.
at the pressing of a button.
Type Words
Synonyms push
Type of force, push
Type Words
Synonyms imperativeness, insistence, insistency, pressure
Type of urgency


the press of business matters.
Type Words
Synonyms closet, wardrobe
Type of furniture, piece of furniture, article of furniture
Has types clothes closet, coat closet, armoire, clothespress
Type Words
Synonyms printing press
Type of machine
Has types rotary press, cylinder press, flatbed press, standing press
Type Words
Synonyms weight-lift, weightlift
Type of work out, exercise


This guy can press 300 pounds.
Type Words
Synonyms exhort, urge, urge on
Type of rede, counsel, advise
Has types bear on, rush, advocate, push, preach, hurry
Derivation pressure
Type Words
Synonyms compact, compress, constrict, contract, squeeze
Type of tighten
Has types overbear, fret, gag, convulse, choke, prim, bear down, astringe, scrag, strangle, strangulate
Derivation pressing


she compressed her lips.
Type Words
Synonyms military press
Type of weightlifting, weightlift
Type Words
Synonyms iron, iron out
Has types mangle


press your shirts.
Type Words
Synonyms agitate, campaign, crusade, fight, push
Type of advertise, push, advertize, promote
Verb group promote, advertise, advertize, push
Type Words
Synonyms press out
Type of mold, cast, mould
Derivation pressing


press a record.
Type Words
Synonyms mechanical press
Type of machine
Has types ciderpress, punch press, hydraulic press, garlic press, winepress, cheese press
Type Words
Synonyms adjure, beseech, bid, conjure, entreat
Type of plead
Type Words
Type of be
Derivation pressure


This is a pressing problem.
Type Words
Type of clamp, clinch
Type Words
Type of make, create
Type Words
Type of mass


The crowds pressed along the street.
Type Words
Type of touch
Has types crush, drag down, squeeze, bear down, bear down on, squash, press down on, craunch, grind, crunch, push, weigh down, knuckle, cranch, squelch, mash
Derivation pressing, pressure


He pressed down on the boards.
press your thumb on this spot.
Type Words
Type of flatten out, flatten
Has types iron, calender, iron out
Derivation pressing


pressed flowers.

Examples of press

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The biggest single factor in the game will be our ability to handle their press.
From the stltoday.com
After lengthy legal wrangling, prosecutors in Arizona declined to press charges.
From the stltoday.com
Oops. Sorry, Alyssa Milano wasn't able to come up to the press box for the game.
From the newsday.com
Pelini is a man of few words and fewer press conferences and public appearances.
From the omaha.com
Share your concerns with your parents and press them to get her into counseling.
From the ocregister.com
The transition government would guarantee freedom of speech, press and assembly.
From the bostonherald.com
Connelly is skilled with the ball in his hands and can break a press by himself.
From the stltoday.com
Hutch had a 78-76 lead with under two minutes left when it broke Butler's press.
From the kansas.com
In a press conference, Prime Minister Naoto Kan called for calm and cooperation.
From the time.com
More examples
  • Exert pressure or force to or upon; "He pressed down on the boards"; "press your thumb on this spot"
  • Imperativeness: the state of demanding notice or attention; "the insistence of their hunger"; "the press of business matters"
  • The print media responsible for gathering and publishing news in the form of newspapers or magazines
  • Urge: force or impel in an indicated direction; "I urged him to finish his studies"
  • A machine used for printing
  • Weigh: to be oppressive or burdensome; "weigh heavily on the mind", "Something pressed on his mind"
  • Press is the debut album from American ska punk band MU330, released in 1994.
  • A machine press, commonly shortened to press, is a machine tool that changes the shape of a workpiece.
  • The press, overhead press or shoulder press is a weight training exercise which focuses on shoulders. The lift is performed standing, by pressing the weight from the anterior deltoids overhead until the arms are extended. ...