amerikai:
brit:
1. To exert weight or force against, to act upon with force or weight; to exert pressure upon.
2. To activate a button or key by exerting a downward or forward force on it, and then releasing it.
Szinonimák: depress, hit, strike
3. To compress, squeeze.
to press fruit for the purpose of extracting the juice
Szinonimák: thring, thrutch
4. To clasp, hold in an embrace.
Szinonimák: hug
5. To reduce to a particular shape or form by pressure, especially flatten or smooth.
to press a hat
6. 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.
7. To drive or thrust by pressure, to force in a certain direction.
to press a crowd back
Szinonimák: thring, thrutch
8. To weigh upon, oppress, trouble.
9. To force to a certain end or result; to urge strongly.
Szinonimák: impel
10. To try to force (something upon someone).
to press the Bible on an audience
Szinonimák: inculcate, urge
11. To hasten, urge onward.
to press a horse in a race
12. To urge, beseech, entreat.
13. To lay stress upon.
Szinonimák: emphasize
14. To throng, crowd.
Szinonimák: thring, thrutch
15. To print.
16. To force into service, particularly into naval service.
Szinonimák: press-gang
1. The application of pressure by a press or other means.
2. A metal or plastic part made with a press.
3. The process of improving the appearance of clothing by improving creases and removing wrinkles with a press or an iron.
4. A memento preserved by pressing, folding, or drying between the leaves of a flat container, book, or folio. Usually done with a flower, ribbon, letter, or other soft, small keepsake.
5. The extraction of juice from fruit using a press.
6. A phonograph record; a number of records pressed at the same time.
7. Urgent insistence.
1. Needing urgent attention.
2. Insistent, earnest, or persistent.