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▸ noun: (countable) A device used to apply pressure to an item.
▸ noun: (uncountable) A crowd.
▸ noun: (countable) A printing machine.
▸ noun: (uncountable, collective) The print-based media (both the people and the newspapers).
▸ noun: (countable) A publisher.
▸ noun: (countable, especially in Ireland and Scotland) An enclosed storage space (e.g. closet, cupboard).
▸ noun: (countable, weightlifting) An exercise in which weight is forced away from the body by extension of the arms or legs.
▸ noun: (countable, golf, gambling) 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.
▸ noun: (countable) Pure, unfermented grape juice.
▸ noun: A commission to force men into public service, particularly into the navy.
▸ noun: (psychology) In personology, any environmental factor that arouses a need in the individual.
▸ verb: (transitive, intransitive) To exert weight or force against, to act upon with force or weight; to exert pressure upon.
▸ verb: (transitive, mechanics, electronics) To activate a button or key by exerting a downward or forward force on it, and then releasing it.
▸ verb: (transitive) To compress, squeeze.
▸ verb: (transitive) To clasp, hold in an embrace.
▸ verb: (transitive) To reduce to a particular shape or form by pressure, especially flatten or smooth.
▸ verb: (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.
▸ verb: (transitive) To drive or thrust by pressure, to force in a certain direction.
▸ verb: (transitive, obsolete) To weigh upon, oppress, trouble.
▸ verb: (transitive) To force to a certain end or result; to urge strongly.
▸ verb: To try to force (something upon someone).
▸ verb: (transitive) To hasten, urge onward.
▸ verb: (transitive) To urge, beseech, entreat.
▸ verb: (transitive) To lay stress upon.
▸ verb: (transitive, intransitive) To throng, crowd.
▸ verb: (transitive, obsolete) To print.
▸ verb: To force into service, particularly into naval service.
▸ noun: A surname.
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printing press,
juice press,
garlic press,
french press,
bench press,
heat press,
hydraulic press,
cookie press,
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