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Definition of Press
| n. | 1. | (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. | | v. t. | 1. | To force into service, particularly into naval service; to impress. | | n. | 1. | A commission to force men into public service, particularly into the navy. | | v. t. | 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. | | 2. | To squeeze, in order to extract the juice or contents of; to squeeze out, or express, from something. | | 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. | | 4. | To embrace closely; to hug. | | 5. | To oppress; to bear hard upon. | | 6. | To straiten; to distress; as, to be pressed with want or hunger. | | 7. | To exercise very powerful or irresistible influence upon or over; to constrain; to force; to compel. | | 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. | | 9. | To drive with violence; to hurry; to urge on; to ply hard; as, to press a horse in a race. | | v. i. | 1. | To exert pressure; to bear heavily; to push, crowd, or urge with steady force. | | 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. | | 3. | To urge with vehemence or importunity; to exert a strong or compelling influence; as, an argument presses upon the judgment. | | n. | 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. | | 2. | Specifically, a printing press. | | 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. | | 4. | An upright case or closet for the safe keeping of articles; as, a clothes press. | | 5. | The act of pressing or thronging forward. | | 6. | Urgent demands of business or affairs; urgency; as, a press of engagements. | | 7. | A multitude of individuals crowded together; crowd of single things; a throng. |
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