Definition of press

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Press (n.) Urgent demands of business or affairs; urgency; as, a press of engagements..

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Throttle :: Throttle (v. t.) To compress the throat of; to choke; to strangle.
Run :: Run (n.) A continuing urgent demand; especially, a pressure on a bank or treasury for payment of its notes..
Kuklux :: Kuklux (n.) The name adopted in the southern part of the United States by a secret political organization, active for several years after the close of the Civil War, and having for its aim the repression of the political power of the freedmen; -- called also Kuklux Klan..
Loneliness :: Loneliness (n.) A feeling of depression resulting from being alone.
Distinctive :: Distinctive (a.) Marking or expressing distinction or difference; distinguishing; characteristic; peculiar.
Speak :: Speak (v. i.) To utter words or articulate sounds, as human beings; to express thoughts by words; as, the organs may be so obstructed that a man may not be able to speak..
Solemnity :: Solemnity (n.) ceremony adapted to impress with awe.
Insulite :: Insulite (n.) An insulating material, usually some variety of compressed cellulose, made of sawdust, paper pulp, cotton waste, etc..
Print :: Print (v. t.) To strike off an impression or impressions of, from type, or from stereotype, electrotype, or engraved plates, or the like; in a wider sense, to do the typesetting, presswork, etc., of (a book or other publication); as, to print books, newspapers, pictures; to print an edition of a book..
Succussation :: Succus (n.) The expressed juice of a plant, for medicinal use..
Pinch :: Pinch (v. i.) To act with pressing force; to compress; to squeeze; as, the shoe pinches..
Express :: Express (n.) A clear image or representation; an expression; a plain declaration.
Piston :: Piston (n.) A sliding piece which either is moved by, or moves against, fluid pressure. It usually consists of a short cylinder fitting within a cylindrical vessel along which it moves, back and forth. It is used in steam engines to receive motion from the steam, and in pumps to transmit motion to a fluid; also for other purposes..
Polynomial :: Polynomial (n.) An expression composed of two or more terms, connected by the signs plus or minus; as, a2 - 2ab + b2..
Weep :: Weep (v. i.) Formerly, to express sorrow, grief, or anguish, by outcry, or by other manifest signs; in modern use, to show grief or other passions by shedding tears; to shed tears; to cry..
Slight :: Slight (superl.) Not decidedly marked; not forcible; inconsiderable; unimportant; insignificant; not severe; weak; gentle; -- applied in a great variety of circumstances; as, a slight (i. e., feeble) effort; a slight (i. e., perishable) structure; a slight (i. e., not deep) impression; a slight (i. e., not convincing) argument; a slight (i. e., not thorough) examination; slight (i. e., not severe) pain, and the like..
Sterile :: Sterhydraulic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, a kind of hydraulic press; resembling such a press in action or principle..
Crowd :: Crowd (v. t.) A number of things collected or closely pressed together; also, a number of things adjacent to each other..
Solidism :: Solidism (n.) The doctrine that refers all diseases to morbid changes of the solid parts of the body. It rests on the view that the solids alone are endowed with vital properties, and can receive the impression of agents tending to produce disease..
Begrime :: Begrime (v. t.) To soil with grime or dirt deeply impressed or rubbed in.
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