to produce (a text, picture, etc.) by applying inked types, plates, blocks, or the like, to paper or other material either by direct pressure or indirectly by offsetting an image onto an intermediate roller.
2.
to reproduce (a design or pattern) by engraving on a plate or block.
3.
to form a design or pattern upon, as by stamping with an engraved plate or block: to print calico.
4.
to cause (a manuscript, text, etc.) to be published in print.
5.
to write in letters like those commonly used in print: Print your name on these forms.
6.
Computers. to produce (data) in legible alphanumeric or graphic form.
7.
to indent or mark by pressing something into or upon (something).
8.
to produce or fix (an indentation, mark, etc.), as by pressure.
9.
to impress on the mind, memory, etc.
10.
to fingerprint.
11.
to apply (a thing) with pressure so as to leave an indentation, mark, etc.: The horses printed their hoofs on the wet grass.
12.
Photography. to produce a positive picture from (a negative) by the transmission of light.
–verb (used without object)
13.
to take impressions from type, an engraved plate, etc., as in a press.
14.
to produce by means of a reproduction process: to print in color; to print unevenly.
15.
to make an image by means of ink, chemical action, etc., as type, engraved plates, etc.: This type is too worn to print cleanly.
16.
to write in characters such as are used in print: He'd rather print than use longhand.
17.
to follow the vocation of a printer.
–noun
18.
the state of being printed.
19.
printed lettering, esp. with reference to character, style, or size: This print is too large for footnotes.
20.
printed material.
21.
a printed publication, as a newspaper or magazine.
(of a book or the like) still available for purchase from the publisher.
36.
out of print, (of a book or the like) no longer available for purchase from the publisher.
Origin: 1250–1300; (n.) ME prent(e), print(e), prient(e) < OF priente impression, print, n. use of fem. ptp. of preindre to press1< L premere; (v.) ME prenten, deriv. of the n.
A mark or impression made in or on a surface by pressure: the print of footsteps in the sand. See Synonyms at impression.
A device or implement, such as a stamp, die, or seal, used to press markings onto or into a surface.
Something formed or marked by such a device.
Lettering or other impressions produced in ink as from type by a printing press or from digital fonts by an electronic printer.
Matter so produced; printed material.
Printed state or form.
A printed publication, such as a magazine or newspaper.
Printed matter.
A fabric or garment with a dyed pattern that has been pressed onto it, usually by engraved rollers.
The pattern itself.
Lettering or other impressions produced in ink as from type by a printing press or from digital fonts by an electronic printer.
Matter so produced; printed material.
Printed state or form.
A printed publication, such as a magazine or newspaper.
Printed matter.
A fabric or garment with a dyed pattern that has been pressed onto it, usually by engraved rollers.
The pattern itself.
A printed publication, such as a magazine or newspaper.
Printed matter.
A fabric or garment with a dyed pattern that has been pressed onto it, usually by engraved rollers.
The pattern itself.
A design or picture transferred from an engraved plate, wood block, lithographic stone, or other medium.
A photographic image transferred to paper or a similar surface, usually from a negative.
A copy of a film or movie made from a negative.
A fabric or garment with a dyed pattern that has been pressed onto it, usually by engraved rollers.
The pattern itself.
v.
print·ed, print·ing, prints
v.
tr.
To press (a mark or design, for example) onto or into a surface.
To make an impression on or in (a surface) with a device such as a stamp, seal, or die.
To press (a stamp or similar device) onto or into a surface to leave a marking.
To produce by means of pressed type, an electronic printer, or similar means, on a paper surface.
To offer in printed form; publish.
To produce by means of pressed type, an electronic printer, or similar means, on a paper surface.
To offer in printed form; publish.
To write (something) in characters similar to those commonly used in print.
To impress firmly in the mind or memory.
To produce a photographic image from (a negative, for example) by passing light through film onto a photosensitive surface, especially sensitized paper.
v.
intr.
To work as a printer.
To produce printed material.
To produce something in printed form by means of a printing press or other reproduction process.
To write characters similar to those commonly used in print.
To produce or receive an impression, marking, or image.
adj. Of, relating to, writing for, or constituting printed publications: a print journalist; print coverage.
[Middle English preinte, from Old French, from feminine past participle of preindre, to press, alteration of prembre, from Latin premere; see per-4 in Indo-European roots.]
print·ing (prĭn'tĭng) n.
The art, process, or business of producing printed material by means of inked type and a printing press or by similar means.
The act of one that prints.
Matter that is printed.
All the copies of a publication, such as a book, that are printed at one time.
Written characters not connected to one another and resembling those appearing in print.
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