[pres] 
| 1. | to act upon with steadily applied weight or force. |
| 2. | to move by weight or force in a certain direction or into a certain position: The crowd pressed him into a corner. |
| 3. | to compress or squeeze, as to alter in shape or size: He pressed the clay into a ball. |
| 4. | to weigh heavily upon; subject to pressure. |
| 5. | to hold closely, as in an embrace; clasp: He pressed her in his arms. |
| 6. | to flatten or make smooth, esp. by ironing: to press clothes; to press flowers in the leaves of a book. |
| 7. | to extract juice, sugar, etc., from by pressure: to press grapes. |
| 8. | to squeeze out or express, as juice: to press the juice from grapes. |
| 9. | to beset or harass; afflict: He was pressed by problems on all sides. |
| 10. | to trouble or oppress; put into a difficult position, as by depriving: Poverty pressed them hard. |
| 11. | to urge or entreat strongly or insistently: to press for payment of a debt; to press for an answer. |
| 12. | to emphasize or propound forcefully; insist upon: He pressed his own ideas on us. |
| 13. | to plead with insistence: to press a claim. |
| 14. | to urge onward; hasten: He pressed his horse to go faster. |
| 15. | to push forward. |
| 16. | to manufacture (phonograph records, videodiscs, or the like), esp. by stamping from a mold or matrix. |
| 17. | to exert weight, force, or pressure. |
| 18. | Weightlifting. to raise or lift, esp. a specified amount of weight, in a press. |
| 19. | to iron clothing, curtains, etc. |
| 20. | to bear heavily, as upon the mind. |
| 21. | (of athletes and competitors) to perform tensely or overanxiously, as when one feels pressured or is determined to break out of a slump; strain because of frustration: For days he hasn't seemed able to buy a hit, and he's been pressing. |
| 22. | to compel haste: Time presses. |
| 23. | to demand immediate attention. |
| 24. | to use urgent entreaty: to press for an answer. |
| 25. | to push forward or advance with force, eagerness, or haste: The army pressed to reach the river by dawn. |
| 26. | to crowd or throng. |
| 27. | Basketball. to employ a press. |
| 28. | an act of pressing; pressure. |
| 29. | the state of being pressed. |
| 30. | printed publications collectively, esp. newspapers and periodicals. |
| 31. | all the media and agencies that print, broadcast, or gather and transmit news, including newspapers, newsmagazines, radio and television news bureaus, and wire services. |
| 32. | the editorial employees, taken collectively, of these media and agencies. |
| 33. | (often used with a plural verb ) a group of news reporters, or of news reporters and news photographers: The press are in the outer office, waiting for a statement. |
| 34. | the consensus of the general critical commentary or the amount of coverage accorded a person, thing, or event, esp. in newspapers and periodicals (often prec. by good or bad): The play received a good press. The minister's visit got a bad press. |
| 35. | printing press. |
| 36. | an establishment for printing books, magazines, etc. |
| 37. | the process or art of printing. |
| 38. | any of various devices or machines for exerting pressure, stamping, or crushing. |
| 39. | a wooden or metal viselike device for preventing a tennis or other racket from warping when not in use. |
| 40. | a pressing or pushing forward. |
| 41. | a crowding, thronging, or pressing together; collective force: The press of the crowd drove them on. |
| 42. | a crowd, throng, or multitude. |
| 43. | the desired smooth or creased effect caused by ironing or pressing: His suit was out of press. |
| 44. | pressure or urgency, as of affairs or business. |
| 45. | an upright case or other piece of furniture for holding clothes, books, pamphlets, etc. |
| 46. | Basketball. an aggressive form of defense in which players guard opponents very closely. |
| 47. | Weightlifting. a lift in which the barbell, after having been lifted from the ground up to chest level, is pushed to a position overhead with the arms extended straight up, without moving the legs or feet. |
| 48. | go to press, to begin being printed: The last edition has gone to press. |
| 49. | press the flesh, Informal. flesh (def. 23). |