[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

press \press\, v. t. imp.  p. p. pressed; p. pr.  vb. n.
   pressing. f. presser, fr. l. pressare to press, fr.
   premere, pressum, to press. cf. print, v.
   1. to urge, or act upon, with force, as weight; to act upon
      by pushing or thrusting, in distinction from pulling; to
      crowd or compel by a gradual and continued exertion; to
      bear upon; to squeeze; to compress; as, we press the
      ground with the feet when we walk; we press the couch on
      which we repose; we press substances with the hands,
      fingers, or arms; we are pressed in a crowd.
      1913 webster

            good measure, pressed down, and shaken together.
                                                  --luke vi. 38.
      1913 webster

   2. to squeeze, in order to extract the juice or contents of;
      to squeeze out, or express, from something.
      1913 webster

            from sweet kernels pressed,
            she tempers dulcet creams.            --milton.
      1913 webster

            and i took the grapes, and pressed them into
            pharaoh's cup, and i gave the cup into pharaoh's
            hand.                                 --gen. xl. 11.
      1913 webster

   3. to squeeze in or with suitable instruments or apparatus,
      in order to compact, make dense, or smooth; as, to press
      cotton bales, paper, etc.; to smooth by ironing; as, to
      press clothes.
      1913 webster

   4. to embrace closely; to hug.
      1913 webster

            leucothoe shook at these alarms,
            and pressed palemon closer in her arms. --pope.
      1913 webster

   5. to oppress; to bear hard upon.
      1913 webster

            press not a falling man too far.      --shak.
      1913 webster

   6. to straiten; to distress; as, to be pressed with want or
      hunger.
      1913 webster

   7. to exercise very powerful or irresistible influence upon
      or over; to constrain; to force; to compel.
      1913 webster

            paul was pressed in the spirit, and testified to the
            jews that jesus was christ.           --acts xviii.
                                                  5.
      1913 webster

   8. to try to force something upon some one; to urge or
      inculcate with earnestness or importunity; to enforce; as,
      to press divine truth on an audience.
      1913 webster

            he pressed a letter upon me within this hour.
                                                  --dryden.
      1913 webster

            be sure to press upon him every motive. --addison.
      1913 webster

   9. to drive with violence; to hurry; to urge on; to ply hard;
      as, to press a horse in a race.
      1913 webster

            the posts . . . went cut, being hastened and pressed
            on, by the king's commandment.        --esther viii.
                                                  14.
      1913 webster

   note: press differs from drive and strike in usually denoting
         a slow or continued application of force; whereas drive
         and strike denote a sudden impulse of force.
         1913 webster

   pressed brick. see under brick.
      1913 webster
see also:
pressed pressing print pressed brick brick 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

press \press\, n. zool.
   an east indian insectivore tupaia ferruginea. it is
   arboreal in its habits, and has a bushy tail. the fur is
   soft, and varies from rusty red to maroon and to brownish
   black.
   1913 webster
see also:
tupaia ferruginea 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

press \press\, v. t. corrupt. fr. prest ready money advanced, a
   loan; hence, earnest money given soldiers on entering
   service. see prest, n.
   to force into service, particularly into naval service; to
   impress.
   1913 webster

         to peaceful peasant to the wars is pressed. --dryden.
   1913 webster
see also:
prest 

[4] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

press \press\, n. for prest, confused with press.
   a commission to force men into public service, particularly
   into the navy.
   1913 webster

         i have misused the king's press.         --shak.
   1913 webster

   press gang, or pressgang, a detachment of seamen under
      the command of an officer empowered to force men into the
      naval service. see impress gang, under impress.

   press money, money paid to a man enlisted into public
      service. see prest money, under prest, a.
      1913 webster
see also:
press gang pressgang impress gang impress press money prest money 
prest 

[5] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

press \press\, v. i.
   1. to exert pressure; to bear heavily; to push, crowd, or
      urge with steady force.
      1913 webster

   2. to move on with urging and crowding; to make one's way
      with violence or effort; to bear onward forcibly; to
      crowd; to throng; to encroach.
      1913 webster

            they pressed upon him for to touch him. --mark iii.
                                                  10.
      1913 webster

   3. to urge with vehemence or importunity; to exert a strong
      or compelling influence; as, an argument presses upon the
      judgment.
      1913 webster

[6] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

press \press\, n. f. presse. see 4th press.
   1. an apparatus or machine by which any substance or body is
      pressed, squeezed, stamped, or shaped, or by which an
      impression of a body is taken; sometimes, the place or
      building containing a press or presses.
      1913 webster

   note: presses are differently constructed for various
         purposes in the arts, their specific uses being
         commonly designated; as, a cotton press, a wine press,
         a cider press, a copying press, etc. see drill press.
         1913 webster

   2. specifically, a printing press.
      1913 webster

   3. the art or business of printing and publishing; hence,
      printed publications, taken collectively, more especially
      newspapers or the persons employed in writing for them;
      as, a free press is a blessing, a licentious press is a
      curse.
      1913 webster

   4. an upright case or closet for the safe keeping of
      articles; as, a clothes press. --shak.
      1913 webster

   5. the act of pressing or thronging forward.
      1913 webster

            in their throng and press to that last hold. --shak.
      1913 webster

   6. urgent demands of business or affairs; urgency; as, a
      press of engagements.
      1913 webster

   7. a multitude of individuals crowded together; ? crowd of
      single things; a throng.
      1913 webster

            they could not come nigh unto him for the press.
                                                  --mark ii. 4.
      1913 webster

   cylinder press, a printing press in which the impression is
      produced by a revolving cylinder under which the form
      passes; also, one in which the form of type or plates is
      curved around a cylinder, instead of resting on a flat
      bed.

   hydrostatic press. see under hydrostatic.

   liberty of the press, the free right of publishing books,
      pamphlets, or papers, without previous restraint or
      censorship, subject only to punishment for libelous,
      seditious, or morally pernicious matters.

   press bed, a bed that may be folded, and inclosed, in a
      press or closet. --boswell.

   press of sail, naut., as much sail as the state of the
      wind will permit.
      1913 webster
see also:
press drill press cylinder press hydrostatic press hydrostatic liberty of the press 
press bed press of sail 

[7] : WordNet (r) 2.0

press
     n 1: newspaper writers and photographers syn: fourth estate
     2: the state of urgently demanding notice or attention; "the
        press of business matters" syn: imperativeness, insistence,
         insistency, pressure
     3: the gathering and publishing of news in the form of
        newspapers or magazines syn: public press
     4: a machine used for printing syn: printing press
     5: a dense crowd of people syn: crush, jam
     6: a tall piece of furniture that provides storage space for
        clothes; has a door and rails or hooks for hanging clothes
        syn: wardrobe, closet
     7: clamp to prevent wooden rackets from warping when not in use
     8: any machine that exerts pressure to form or shape or cut
        materials or extract liquids or compress solids syn: mechanical
        press
     9: a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder
        height and then smoothly lifted overhead syn: military
        press
     10: the act of pressing; the exertion of pressure; "he gave the
         button a press"; "he used pressure to stop the bleeding";
         "at the pressing of a button" syn: pressure, pressing
     v 1: exert pressure or force to or upon; "he pressed down on the
          boards"; "press your thumb on this spot"
     2: force or impel in an indicated direction; "i urged him to
        finish his studies" syn: urge, urge on, exhort
     3: to be oppressive or burdensome; "weigh heavily on the mind",
        "something pressed on his mind" syn: weigh
     4: place between two surfaces and apply weight or pressure;
        "pressed flowers"
     5: squeeze or press together; "she compressed her lips"; "the
        spasm contracted the muscle" syn: compress, constrict,
         squeeze, compact, contract
     6: crowd closely; "the crowds pressed along the street"
     7: create by pressing; "press little holes into the soft clay"
     8: be urgent; "this is a pressing problem"
     9: 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; "the liberal party pushed for
        reforms"; "she is crusading for women's rights"; "the dean
        is pushing for his favorite candidate" syn: crusade, fight,
         campaign, push, agitate
     10: press from a plastic; "press a record" syn: press out
     11: make strenuous pushing movements during birth to expel the
         baby; "`now push hard,' said the doctor to the woman"
         syn: push
     12: lift weights; "this guy can press 300 pounds" syn: weight-lift,
          weightlift
     13: ask for or request earnestly; "the prophet bid all people to
         become good persons" syn: bid, beseech, entreat, adjure,
          conjure
see also:
fourth estate imperativeness insistence insistency pressure public press 
printing press crush jam wardrobe closet 
mechanical press military press pressing urge urge on 
exhort weigh compress constrict squeeze 
compact contract crusade fight campaign 
push agitate press out weight-lift weightlift 
bid beseech entreat adjure conjure 

[8] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

427 moby thesaurus words for "press":
   ap, associated press, fleet street, reuters, upi,
   united press international, accelerate, advice, adviser, advocate,
   annex, announcer, annunciator, apply pressure, army, ask,
   aspirator, assault, assemble, assert, attach, authority, bear,
   bear against, bear down on, bear down upon, bear hard upon,
   bear on, bear upon, bearing, bed, beg, beseech, beset, besiege,
   blandish, book publishing, boost, bosom, broadcast journalism,
   broadcasting, brook no denial, buck, bug, bull, bulldoze, bump,
   bump against, bundle, bunt, bustle, butt, butt against, buttonhole,
   cajole, calender, call, call on, call up, call upon, call-up,
   channel, clamp, clamping, clamping down, clasp, cleave to, clinch,
   clip, cluster, clutch, coax, cohue, collect, collectivize,
   commandeer, communalize, communicant, communications,
   communications industry, communicator, communize, compact, compel,
   composing room, compress, compression, compulsion,
   compulsory military service, concentrate, condense, confiscate,
   congest, congregate, conscript, conscription, consolidate,
   constrain, constraint, contend, converge, convergence, converging,
   corkscrew, cram, crisis, crowbar, crowd, crowding, crunch, crush,
   cylinder press, deluge, demand, densen, densify, depress, detach,
   detach for service, dig, dispatch, distrain, draft, draft call,
   drafting, drive, drive on, drove, dun, elbow, embosom, embrace,
   emergency, enfold, enlightener, enlist, enlistment, enroll,
   enrollment, ensphere, entreat, exert pressure, exhort, exigency,
   expedite, expert witness, express, expropriate, extractor,
   flatbed cylinder press, flatten, flock, flood, fold, force,
   force upon, forceps, forward, fourth estate, galaxy, garnish,
   gather, gathering, goad, gossipmonger, grapevine, haste, hasten,
   hasten on, haul, head, heap, heave, herd, hie on, high pressure,
   high-pressure, horde, host, hot-press, huddle, hug, hurry,
   hurry along, hurry on, hurry up, hurtle, hustle, hustle up, impel,
   imperativeness, importune, impound, impress, impressment, impulse,
   impulsion, induce, induct, induction, informant, information,
   information center, information medium, informer, insist,
   insist on, insist upon, intelligence, interviewee, iron, jab, jam,
   jawbone, jog, joggle, join, jolt, jostle, journalism, lean on,
   legion, levy, lie on, list, lobby, magazine publishing, maintain,
   makeready, mangle, mash, mass, meet, mill, mob, mobilization,
   mobilize, monitor, mouthpiece, move, multitude, muster, muster in,
   nag, nag at, nationalize, news, news agency, news medium,
   news service, newsiness, newsletter, newsmagazine, newsmonger,
   newspaper, newsworthiness, nip, notifier, nudge, oppress,
   overexert, overextend, overstrain, overtax, pack, panoply,
   paparazzi, persist, persuade, pester, pile, pile drive, pincers,
   pinch, pipette, plague, platen, platen press, plead with, pliers,
   ply, ply upon, poke, precipitate, press association, press down,
   press upon, pressroom, pressure, presswork, print medium,
   printing machine, printing office, printing press, printshop, prod,
   proofroom, propel, provoke, public press, public print,
   public relations officer, publisher, publishers, publishing,
   publishing house, publishing industry, pull, pump, punch, push,
   push on, push through, push upon, put pressure on, quicken, rabble,
   rack, radio, railroad through, raise, ram, ram down, rash impulse,
   rattle, recommend, recruit, recruiting, recruitment, replevin,
   replevy, reportage, reporter, request, rest on, roll, rotary press,
   rotogravure press, rout, ruck, run, run against, rush, rush along,
   sadden, seethe, selective service, separator, sequester,
   sequestrate, shake, shoulder, shove, sign on, sign up, siphon,
   smooth, socialize, soft-soap, solidify, source, spate, speed,
   speed along, speed up, spokesman, spur, squab, squash, squeeze,
   squeezing, squish, stampede, stand on, steam, stick to, strain,
   strain every nerve, stress, stretch, stuff, summon, summons, swarm,
   sweat blood, sweet-talk, take no denial, tamp, tax, tease,
   telegraph agency, television, teller, tense, tension,
   the fourth estate, the press, throng, thronging, thrust,
   thrust upon, tidings, tighten, tightening, tipster, tout, tug,
   tweak, tweezers, urge, urge upon, urgency, vacuum pump, wad up,
   web, web press, weigh down, weigh on, weigh upon, wheedle, whip,
   whip along, wire service, witness, word, work on, wringer

[9] : Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

press. by a figure this word signifies the art of printing. the press is 
free. 
     2. all men have a right to print and publish whatever they may deem 
proper, unless by doing so they infringe the rights of another, as in the 
case of copyrights, q.v. when they may be enjoined. for any injury they 
may commit against the public or individuals they may be punished, either by 
indictment, or by a civil action at the suit of the party injured, when the 
injury has been committed against a private individual. vide const. of the 
u. s. amend. art. 1, and liberty of the press. 

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