press

I. v. a.

1.

Compress, squeeze, crowd, crush.

2.

Squeeze out, express.

3.

Make smooth, smooth, flatten.

4.

Embrace closely, hug, clasp.

5.

Constrain, compel, force.

6.

Enjoin, enforce, urge, inculcate.

7.

Straiten, distress.

II. v. n.

1.

Bear heavily, exert pressure, push, bear down, crowd.

2.

Hasten, hurry, push, rush.

3.

Crowd, throng, force a way.

4.

Approach unseasonably or importunately.

5.

Encroach.

III. n.

1.

Machine for printing, printing-press.

2.

Newspaperdom (colloq.).

3.

Literary publications.

4.

Crowd, throng, multitude.

5.

Urgency, pressure, hurry.

6.

Case, closet, wardrobe, bureau.