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press - verb

  1. To act on with a steady pushing force: crowd, crush. See push.
  2. To exert pressure: bear, push. See over.
  3. To extract from by applying pressure: crush, express, squeeze. See tighten.
  4. To smooth by applying heat and pressure: iron, mangle. See smooth.
  5. To congregate, as around a person: crowd, flock, mob, throng. See collect. tighten.
  6. To put one's arms around affectionately: clasp, embrace, enfold, hold, hug, squeeze. Slang clinch. Archaic bosom, clip, embosom. See touch.
  7. To impel to action: exhort, urge. See cause. push.
  8. To do or achieve by forcing obstacles out of one's way: push, ram, shove. See push.
  9. To solicit (something) insistently: insist, urge. See continue. seek.

press - noun

  1. Journalists and journalism in general: fourth estate, medium(used in plural ). British Fleet Street. See words.
  2. An enormous number of persons gathered together: crowd, crush, drove, flock, horde, mass, mob, multitude, ruck, swarm, throng. See big. group.