press
About 262.79 uses per million words.
Meaning
- noun An instance of applying pressure; an instance of pressing.
- noun A device used to apply pressure to an item.
a flower press
- noun A crowd.
- noun A printing machine.
Stop the presses!
- noun The print-based media (both the people and the newspapers).
according to a member of the press
- noun A publisher.
- noun An enclosed storage space (e.g. closet, cupboard).
Put the cups in the press.
- noun An exercise in which weight is forced away from the body by extension of the arms or legs.
Similar words
pressure compress push squeeze crush constrict weigh urge on insistence insistency
Often followed by
and the of in conference for release was enter
Word family
pressed presser pressers presses pressing
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