What is the meaning of press?

noun

• The state of demanding notice or attention.
  • usage: "the insistence of their hunger"; "the press of business matters"
  • synonyms: imperativeness, insistence, insistency, pressure
• The print media responsible for gathering and publishing news in the form of newspapers or magazines.
  • synonyms: public press
• A machine used for printing.
  • synonyms: printing press
• A dense crowd of people.
  • synonyms: crush, jam
• A tall piece of furniture that provides storage space for clothes; has a door and rails or hooks for hanging clothes.
  • synonyms: wardrobe, closet
• Clamp to prevent wooden rackets from warping when not in use.
• Any machine that exerts pressure to form or shape or cut materials or extract liquids or compress solids.
  • synonyms: mechanical press
• A weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then smoothly lifted overhead.
  • synonyms: military press
• The act of pressing; the exertion of pressure.
  • usage: "he gave the button a press"; "he used pressure to stop the bleeding"; "at the pressing of a button"
  • synonyms: pressure, pressing

verb

• Exert pressure or force to or upon.
  • usage: "He pressed down on the boards"; "press your thumb on this spot"
• Force or impel in an indicated direction.
  • usage: "I urged him to finish his studies"
  • synonyms: urge, urge on, exhort
• To be oppressive or burdensome.
  • usage: "weigh heavily on the mind, "Something pressed on his mind"
  • synonyms: weigh
• Place between two surfaces and apply weight or pressure.
  • usage: "pressed flowers"
• Squeeze or press together.
  • usage: "she compressed her lips"; "the spasm contracted the muscle"
  • synonyms: compress, constrict, squeeze, compact, contract
• Crowd closely.
  • usage: "The crowds pressed along the street"
• Create by pressing.
  • usage: "Press little holes into the soft clay"
• Be urgent.
  • usage: "This is a pressing problem"
• Exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for.
  • usage: "The liberal party pushed for reforms"; "She is crusading for women's rights"; "The Dean is pushing for his favorite candidate"
  • synonyms: crusade, fight, campaign, push, agitate
• Press from a plastic.
  • usage: "press a record"
  • synonyms: press out
• Make strenuous pushing movements during birth to expel the baby.
  • usage: "`Now push hard,' said the doctor to the woman"
  • synonyms: push
• Press and smooth with a heated iron.
  • usage: "press your shirts"; "she stood there ironing"
  • synonyms: iron, iron out
• Lift weights.
  • usage: "This guy can press 300 pounds"
  • synonyms: weight-lift, weightlift
• Ask for or request earnestly.
  • usage: "The prophet bid all people to become good persons"
  • synonyms: bid, beseech, entreat, adjure, conjure