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Definition press

Etymology 1

Middle English presse (“throng, crowd, clothespress”), partially from Old English press (“clothespress”) (from Medieval Latin pressa) and partially from Old French presse (Modern French presse) from Old French presser (“to press”), from Latin press?re, from pressus, past participle of premere (“to press”). Displaced native Middle English thring (“press, crowd, throng”) (from Old English þring (“a press, crowd, anything that presses or confines”)).

Noun

press (countable and uncountable, plural presses)

1. (countable) A device used to apply pressure to an item.
2. (countable) A printing machine.
3. (uncountable) A collective term for the print-based media (both the people and the newspapers).
4. (countable) A publisher.
5. (countable, especially in Ireland and Scotland) An enclosed storage space (e.g. closet, cupboard).
6. (countable, weightlifting) An exercise in which weight is forced away from the body by extension of the arms or legs.
7. (countable, wagering) 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.
8. (countable) Pure, unfermented grape juice.
9. A commission to force men into public service, particularly into the navy.
10. (obsolete) A crowd.

Etymology 2

Middle English pressen (“to crowd, thring, press”), from Old French presser (“to press”) (Modern French presser) from Latin press?re, from pressus, past participle of premere "to press". Displaced native Middle English thringen (“to press, crowd, throng”) (from Old English þringan (“to press, crowd”)), Middle English thrasten (“to press, force, urge”) (from Old English þr?stan (“to press, force”)), Old English þryscan (“to press”), Old English þ?wan (“to press, impress”).

Verb

press (third-person singular simple present presses, present participle pressing, simple past and past participle pressed or prest)

1. (transitive, intransitive) to exert weight or force against, to act upon with force or weight
2. (transitive) to compress, squeeze
3. (transitive) to clasp, hold in an embrace; to hug
4. (transitive) to reduce to a particular shape or form by pressure, especially flatten or smooth
5. (transitive, sewing) 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.
6. (transitive) to drive or thrust by pressure, to force in a certain direction
7. (transitive, obsolete) to weigh upon, oppress, trouble
8. (transitive) to force to a certain end or result; to urge strongly, impel
9. To try to force (something upon someone); to urge or inculcate.
10. (transitive) to hasten, urge onward
11. (transitive) to urge, beseech, entreat
12. (transitive) to lay stress upon, emphasize
13. (transitive, intransitive) to throng, crowd
14. (transitive, obsolete) to print
15. To force into service, particularly into naval service.

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