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Definition of press

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Press (v.) To urge, or act upon, with force, as weight; to act upon by pushing or thrusting, in distinction from pulling; to crowd or compel by a gradual and continued exertion; to bear upon; to squeeze; to compress; as, we press the ground with the feet when we walk; we press the couch on which we repose; we press substances with the hands, fingers, or arms; we are pressed in a crowd..

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Way :: Way (n.) Manner; method; mode; fashion; style; as, the way of expressing one's ideas..

Metamorphism :: Metamorphism (n.) The state or quality of being metamorphic; the process by which the material of rock masses has been more or less recrystallized by heat, pressure, etc., as in the change of sedimentary limestone to marble..

Throng :: Throng (v. t.) To crowd into; to fill closely by crowding or pressing into, as a hall or a street..

Task :: Task (v. t.) To oppress with severe or excessive burdens; to tax.

Repress :: Repress (v. t.) To press back or down effectually; to crush down or out; to quell; to subdue; to supress; as, to repress sedition or rebellion; to repress the first risings of discontent..

Fee-faw-fum :: Fee-faw-fum (n.) A nonsensical exclamation attributed to giants and ogres; hence, any expression calculated to impose upon the timid and ignorant..

Write :: Write (v. t.) To set down for reading; to express in legible or intelligible characters; to inscribe; as, to write a deed; to write a bill of divorcement; hence, specifically, to set down in an epistle; to communicate by letter..

Browbeat :: Browbeat (v. t.) To depress or bear down with haughty, stern looks, or with arrogant speech and dogmatic assertions; to abash or disconcert by impudent or abusive words or looks; to bully; as, to browbeat witnesses..

Laugh :: Laugh (n.) An expression of mirth peculiar to the human species; the sound heard in laughing; laughter. See Laugh, v. i..

Rack :: Rack (v. t.) To stretch or strain, in a figurative sense; hence, to harass, or oppress by extortion..

Faint :: Faint (v. t.) To cause to faint or become dispirited; to depress; to weaken.

Collapse :: Collapse (n.) Extreme depression or sudden failing of all the vital powers, as the result of disease, injury, or nervous disturbance..

Action :: Action (n.) The attitude or position of the several parts of the body as expressive of the sentiment or passion depicted.

Stifle :: Stifle (v. t.) To suppress the manifestation or report of; to smother; to conceal from public knowledge; as, to stifle a story; to stifle passion..

Eh :: Eh (interj.) An expression of inquiry or slight surprise.

Vacuum :: Vacuum (n.) The condition of rarefaction, or reduction of pressure below that of the atmosphere, in a vessel, as the condenser of a steam engine, which is nearly exhausted of air or steam, etc.; as, a vacuum of 26 inches of mercury, or 13 pounds per square inch..

Fy :: Fy (interj.) A word which expresses blame, dislike, disapprobation, abhorrence, or contempt. See Fie..

Directly :: Directly (adv.) Without circumlocution or ambiguity; absolutely; in express terms.

Sufferance :: Sufferance (n.) Submission under difficult or oppressive circumstances; patience; moderation.

Thlipsis :: Thlipsis (n.) Compression, especially constriction of vessels by an external cause..