Look up: Press

1. Press
   Press is slang for cocaine.
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2. press
   [n] - newspaper writers and photographers 2. [n] - printed matter in the form of newspapers or magazines 3. [n] - clamp to prevent wooden rackets from warping when not in use 4. [n] - a machine used for printing 5. [n] - any machine that exerts pressure to form or shape or cut materials or extract liquids or compress solids 6. [n] - a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then smoothly lifted overhead 7. [n] - the act of pressing 8. [v] - be urgent 9. [v] - crowd closely 10. [v] - create by pressing 11. [v] - press from a plastic, as of records 12. [v] - make strenuous pushing movements during birth to expel the baby 13. [v] - exert pressure or force to or upon 14. [v] - place between two surfaces and apply weight or pressure
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3. Press
   machine tool for forming forgings but relies on a slow powered push rather than the series of heavy blows from a Drop Hammer. Hydraulic presses can easily have a capacity to produce several thousand tons of force.
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4. Press
   The injection moulding machine that makes the plastic parts. It holds the mould closed, melts the resin, injects it into the mould, opens the mould and ejects the part
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5. press
   The news media, in particular newspapers, journals, and periodical literature generally. The term is used also to describe journalists and reporters. ...
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6. Press
   an attempt to push the opponent's blade aside or out of line; depending on the opponent's response, the press is followed by a direct or indirect attack
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7. press
   machine operating by continuous pressure on metal Category: Mechanical engineering • apparatus used to extract juice from grapes or marc by pressure Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries • a machine in which a web is subjected to pressure between opposing parallel rolls Category: Various industries and crafts • the effort of the…
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8. press
   Tall cupboard used for storing linen and clothes, typically with two doors enclosing shelves, mounted on a base containing drawers. It was a familiar household item from the 17th to the 19th centuries.
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9. Press
   Press noun (Zoology) 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.
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10. Press
    Press transitive verb [ Corrupt. from prest ready money advanced, a loan; hence, earnest money given soldiers on entering service. See Prest , noun ] To force into service, particularly into naval service; to impress. « To peaceful peasant to the wars is pressed .» Dryden.
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11. Press
    Press noun [ For prest , confused with press .] A commission to force men into public service, particularly into the navy. « I have misused the king's press .» Shak. Press gang , or Pressgang , a detachment of seamen under the command of an officer empowered to force men into the naval service. See Impress gang , under Impres …
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12. Press
    Press transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Pressed ; present participle & verbal noun Pressing .] [ French presser , from Latin pressare to press, from premere , pressum , to press. Confer Print , v. ] 1. To urge, or act upon, with force, as weight; to act …
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13. Press
    Press intransitive verb 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. « They pressed upon him for to touch him.» Mark iii. 10. 3. To urge with vehemence or importunity; t …
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14. Press
    Press noun [ French presse . See 4th Press .] 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. » Presses are differently constructed for various purposes in the arts, their specific uses being commonly designated; a …
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15. press
    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. "They pressed upon him for to touch him." (Mark III. 10) ... 3. To urge with vehemence or importunity; to exert a strong or …
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16. press
    public press noun the gathering and publishing of news in the form of newspapers or magazines
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17. press
    pressure noun the act of pressing; the exertion of pressure; `he gave the button a press`; `he used pressure to stop the bleeding`; `at the pressing of a button`
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18. press
    mechanical press noun any machine that exerts pressure to form or shape or cut materials or extract liquids or compress solids
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19. press
    fourth estate noun newspaper writers and photographers
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20. press
    noun a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then smoothly lifted overhead
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21. press
    noun a machine used for printing
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22. Press
    • (v. i.) To exert pressure; to bear heavily; to push, crowd, or urge with steady force. • (v.) To exercise very powerful or irresistible influence upon or over; to constrain; to force; to compel. • (n.) Specifically, a printing press. • (n.) The art or business of printing and publishing; hence, printed publications, taken coll...
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23. press
    (from the article `basketball`) A great many variations and combinations have been devised to employ the several aspects of both man-to-man and zone defensive strategies. The press, ...
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24. press
    (from the article `wardrobe`) ...in medieval England, for instance, the king`s wardrobe was the centre of a good deal of administrative machinery. The actual piece of furniture in ...
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25. press
    (from the article `machine tool`) This large class of machines includes equipment used for forming metal parts by applying the following processes: shearing, blanking, forming, ... ...is applicable only to raised impressions produced by means of engraved dies or plates. Crests, monograms, and addresses may be embossed on paper ... In...
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