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Word: press
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Meaning:
Noun:
- countable A device used to apply pressure to an item.
- countable An enclosed storage space (eg closet, cupboard).
- countable A printing machine.
- wagering An additional bet in a golf match that duplicates an existing (usually losing) wager in value, but begins even at the time of the bet.
- weightlifting An exercise in which weight is forced away from the body by extension of the arms or legs.
- uncountable A collective term for the print based media (both the people and the newspapers)
Source: Wiktionary
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Verb:
- ambitransitive to exert weight or force against, to act upon with with force or weight
- ambitransitive to throng, crowd
- obsolete to print
- obsolete to weigh upon, oppress, trouble
- transitive sewing 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.
- transitive to clasp, hold in an embrace; to hug
- transitive to compress, squeeze
- transitive to drive or thrust by pressure, to force in a certain direction
- transitive to force to a certain end or result; to urge strongly, impel
- transitive to hasten, urge onward
- transitive to lay stress upon, emphasize
- transitive to reduce to a particular shape or form by pressure, especially flatten or smooth
- transitive to urge, beseech, entreat
Source: Wiktionary
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