A Quick and Simple Dictionary

press

1. Noun.  (countable) A device used to apply pressure to an item.
2. Noun.  (uncountable) A collective term for the print based media (both the people and the newspapers).
3. Noun.  (countable) A publisher.
4. Noun.  (countable) (especially in Ireland and Scotland) An enclosed storage space (eg closet, cupboard).
5. Noun.  (countable) A printing machine.
6. Noun.  (countable, weightlifting) An exercise in which weight is forced away from the body by extension of the arms or legs.
7. Noun.  (countable, wagering) An additional bet in a golf match that duplicates an existing (usually losing) wager in value, but begins even at the time of the bet.
8. Noun.  (countable) Pure, unfermented, unaltered grape juice.
9. Verb.  (ambitransitive) to exert weight or force against, to act upon with with force or weight.
10. Verb.  (transitive) to compress, squeeze.
11. Verb.  (transitive) to clasp, hold in an embrace; to hug.
12. Verb.  (transitive) to reduce to a particular shape or form by pressure, especially flatten or smooth.
13. Verb.  (transitive) (sewing) To flatten a selected area of fabric using an iron with an up-and-down, not sliding, motion, so as to avoid disturbing adjacent areas.
14. Verb.  (transitive) to drive or thrust by pressure, to force in a certain direction.
15. Verb.  (transitive, obsolete) to weigh upon, oppress, trouble.
16. Verb.  (transitive) to force to a certain end or result; to urge strongly, impel.
17. Verb.  (transitive) to hasten, urge onward.
18. Verb.  (transitive) to urge, beseech, entreat.
19. Verb.  (transitive) to lay stress upon, emphasize.
20. Verb.  (ambitransitive) to throng, crowd.
21. Verb.  (transitive, obsolete) to print.