press

¹press

noun \ˈpres\

Definition of PRESS

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 : a building containing presses or a business using presses

3

: closet, cupboard

4

a : an action of pressing or pushing : pressure b : an aggressive pressuring defense employed in basketball often over the entire court area

5

: the properly smoothed and creased condition of a freshly pressed garment <out of press>

6

a : printing press b : the act or the process of printing c : a printing or publishing establishment

7

a : the gathering and publishing or broadcasting of news : journalism b : newspapers, periodicals, and often radio and television news broadcasting c : news reporters, publishers, and broadcasters d : comment or notice in newspapers and periodicals <is getting a good press>

8

: any of various pressure devices (as one for keeping sporting gear from warping when not in use)

9

: a lift in weight lifting in which the weight is raised to shoulder height and then smoothly extended overhead without assist from the legs — compare clean and jerk, snatch

Origin of PRESS

Middle English presse, from Anglo-French, from presser to press

First Known Use: 13th century

Rhymes with PRESS

bless, cess, chess, cress, dress, ess, fess, guess, jess, less, loess, mess, ness, s, stress, tress, yes