Press

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I. noun

Etymology: Middle English presse, from Anglo-French, from presser to press
Date: 13th century
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

II. verb

Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French presser, from Latin pressare, frequentative of premere to press; probably akin to Russian naperet' to press
Date: 14th century
transitive verb
- 1. to act upon through steady pushing or thrusting force exerted in contact ; squeeze
- 2.
  - a. assail, harass
  - b. afflict, oppress
- 3.
  - a. to squeeze out the juice or contents of
  - b. to squeeze with apparatus or instruments to a desired density, smoothness, or shape
- 4.
  - a. to exert influence on ; constrain
  - b. ［trn］ to try hard to persuade ; beseech, ［re