[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.
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            good measure, pressed down, and shaken together.
                                                  --luke vi. 38.
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   2. to squeeze, in order to extract the juice or contents of;
      to squeeze out, or express, from something.
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            from sweet kernels pressed,
            she tempers dulcet creams.            --milton.
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            and i took the grapes, and pressed them into
            pharaoh's cup, and i gave the cup into pharaoh's
            hand.                                 --gen. xl. 11.
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   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.
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   4. to embrace closely; to hug.
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            leucothoe shook at these alarms,
            and pressed palemon closer in her arms. --pope.
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   5. to oppress; to bear hard upon.
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            press not a falling man too far.      --shak.
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   6. to straiten; to distress; as, to be pressed with want or
      hunger.
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   7. to exercise very powerful or irresistible influence upon
      or over; to constrain; to force; to compel.
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            paul was pressed in the spirit, and testified to the
            jews that jesus was christ.           --acts xviii.
                                                  5.
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   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.
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            he pressed a letter upon me within this hour.
                                                  --dryden.
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            be sure to press upon him every motive. --addison.
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   9. to drive with violence; to hurry; to urge on; to ply hard;
      as, to press a horse in a race.
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            the posts . . . went cut, being hastened and pressed
            on, by the king's commandment.        --esther viii.
                                                  14.
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   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.
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   pressed brick. see under brick.
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see also:
pressed pressing print pressed brick brick 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

pressed
     adj : compacted by ironing

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