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PRESS definition: 1. to push something firmly, often without causing it to move permanently further away from you…. Learn more.
1. a. : a crowd or crowded condition : throng. b. : a thronging or crowding forward or together. 2. a. : an apparatus or machine by which a substance is cut or shaped, an impression of a body is taken, a material is compressed, pressure is applied to a body, liquid is expressed, or a cutting tool is fed into the work by pressure. b.
Definition of press noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
To press something is to push it, like if you press an elevator button or press your friend to tell you a secret. If you get that secret, don’t leak it to the press, which is another word for news media.
A press or a printing press is a machine used for printing things such as books and newspapers. ...the invention of the printing press. He was writing the book up to the moment the presses rolled.
a. To exert steady weight or force against: an indentation where the rock pressed the ground. b. To move by applying pressure: press a piano key; press one's face into a pillow. c. To squeeze or clasp in fondness or concern: pressed her hand before leaving. 2. a. To squeeze the juice or other contents from: press lemons. b.
to flatten or make smooth, especially by ironing: to press clothes; to press flowers in the leaves of a book. to extract juice, sugar, etc., from by pressure: to press grapes. to squeeze out or express, as juice: to press the juice from grapes. to beset or harass; afflict: He was pressed by problems on all sides.
to try hard to persuade someone to do something: [ + to do sth ] The committee pressed him to reveal more information. We pressed him for an answer but he refused. press charges. to complain officially about someone in a court of law: The family decided not to press charges against him.
to squeeze out or express, as juice: to press the juice from grapes. to beset or harass; afflict : He was pressed by problems on all sides. to trouble or oppress; put into a difficult position, as by depriving: Poverty pressed them hard.
PRESS meaning: 1 : newspapers, magazines, and radio and television news reports often used before another noun; 2 : the people (such as reporters and photographers) who work for newspapers, magazines, etc.
