name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
press
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Australian, New-Zealand: /pɹes/
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Scotland, Wales: /pɾɛs/
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Northern-Ireland: /pɻɛs/
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noun
Meaning 2
An instance of applying pressure; an instance of pressing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A device used to apply pressure to an item.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Examples
- a flower press
- a cheese press
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
A crowd.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
A printing machine.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Examples
- Stop the presses!
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: printing press
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
The print-based media (both the people and the newspapers).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: collective, uncountable
Examples
- according to a member of the press
- This article appeared in the press.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 7
A publisher.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 8
An enclosed storage space (e.g. closet, cupboard).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, especially
Examples
- Put the cups in the press.
- Put the ironing in the linen press.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 9
An exercise in which weight is forced away from the body by extension of the arms or legs.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports, weightlifting
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 10
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Topics: gambling, games, golf, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
Examples
- He can even the match with a press.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 11
Pure, unfermented grape juice.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Examples
- I would like some Concord press with my meal tonight.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 12
A commission to force men into public service, particularly into the navy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: press-gang
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 13
In personology, any environmental factor that arouses a need in the individual.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: human-sciences, psychology, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 14
To exert weight or force against, to act upon with force or weight; to exert pressure upon.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ambitransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 15
To activate a button or key by exerting a downward or forward force on it, and then releasing it.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: business, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, electronics, energy, engineering, mechanical-engineering, mechanics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: strike, hit, depress
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 16
To compress, squeeze.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- to press fruit for the purpose of extracting the juice
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: thring, thrutch, astringe, compact, telescope, compactify, condense, densitize, pack, press, mash, scrunch, smush, squoosh, squash, squish, squeeze
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 17
To clasp, hold in an embrace.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: hug
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 18
To reduce to a particular shape or form by pressure, especially flatten or smooth.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- to press cloth with a clothes-iron
- to press a hat
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 19
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: business, manufacturing, sewing, textiles
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 20
To drive or thrust by pressure, to force in a certain direction.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- to press a crowd back
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: thring, thrutch
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 21
To force weight away from the body by extending the arms or legs.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports, weightlifting
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 22
To weigh upon, oppress, trouble.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 23
To force to a certain end or result; to urge strongly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: impel
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 24
To try to force (something upon someone).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- to press the Bible on an audience
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: urge, inculcate
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 25
To hasten, urge onward.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- to press a horse in a race
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 26
To urge, beseech, entreat.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 27
To lay stress upon.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: emphasize
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 28
To throng, crowd.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ambitransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: thring, thrutch, assemble, begather, collect, congregate, congress, crowd, fall in with, flock, forgather, gather, gather up, group, herd, league, mass, meet, meet up, muster, pack, press, team, team up, throng
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 29
To print.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 30
To force into service, particularly into naval service.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: press-gang
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 31
the act of pressing; the exertion of pressure
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he gave the button a press
- he used pressure to stop the bleeding
- at the pressing of a button
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pressure, pressing
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: push, pushing
Narrower terms: impression, compression, compressing
noun
Meaning 32
a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then smoothly lifted overhead
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: military press
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: weightlift, weightlifting
noun
Meaning 33
any machine that exerts pressure to form or shape or cut materials or extract liquids or compress solids
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: mechanical press
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: machine
Narrower terms: cheese press, ciderpress, garlic press, hydraulic press, punch press, winepress
noun
Meaning 34
a machine used for printing
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: printing press
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: machine
Narrower terms: flatbed press, cylinder press, rotary press, standing press
noun
Meaning 35
clamp to prevent wooden rackets from warping when not in use
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: clamp, clinch
noun
Meaning 36
a tall piece of furniture that provides storage space for clothes; has a door and rails or hooks for hanging clothes
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: wardrobe, closet
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: furniture, piece of furniture, article of furniture
Narrower terms: armoire, clothes closet, clothespress, coat closet
noun
Meaning 37
the print media responsible for gathering and publishing news in the form of newspapers or magazines
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: public press
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: print media
Narrower terms: free press, newspaper, paper, magazine, mag
noun
Meaning 38
a dense crowd of people
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: crush, jam
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: crowd
Narrower terms: traffic jam, snarl-up
noun
Meaning 39
the state of demanding notice or attention
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the insistence of their hunger
- the press of business matters
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: imperativeness, insistence, insistency, pressure
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: urgency
verb
Meaning 40
ask for or request earnestly
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The prophet bid all people to become good persons
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bid, beseech, entreat, adjure, conjure
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: plead
verb
Meaning 41
force or impel in an indicated direction
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- I urged him to finish his studies
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: urge, urge on, exhort
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: rede, advise, counsel
Narrower terms: rush, hurry, push, bear on, preach, advocate
verb
Meaning 42
lift weights
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- This guy can press 300 pounds
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: weight-lift, weightlift
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: exercise, work out
verb
Meaning 43
squeeze or press together
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- she compressed her lips
- the spasm contracted the muscle
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: compress, constrict, squeeze, compact, contract
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: tighten
Narrower terms: choke, strangle, prim, astringe, strangulate, convulse, bear down, overbear, gag, fret, scrag
verb
Meaning 44
place between two surfaces and apply weight or pressure
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- pressed flowers
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: flatten, flatten out
Narrower terms: iron, iron out, press, calender
verb
Meaning 45
press and smooth with a heated iron
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- press your shirts
- she stood there ironing
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: iron, iron out
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: press
Narrower terms: mangle
verb
Meaning 46
exert pressure or force to or upon
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- He pressed down on the boards
- press your thumb on this spot
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: touch
Narrower terms: squeeze, squash, crush, squelch, mash, crunch, cranch, craunch, grind, drag down, bear down, bear down on, press down on, weigh down, knuckle, push
verb
Meaning 47
make strenuous pushing movements during birth to expel the baby
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- `Now push hard,' said the doctor to the woman
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: push
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: push, force
verb
Meaning 48
press from a plastic
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- press a record
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: press out
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: cast, mold, mould
verb
Meaning 49
create by pressing
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Press little holes into the soft clay
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: make, create
verb
Meaning 50
crowd closely
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The crowds pressed along the street
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: mass
verb
Meaning 51
exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The liberal party pushed for reforms
- She is crusading for women's rights
- The Dean is pushing for his favorite candidate
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: crusade, fight, campaign, push, agitate
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: advertise, advertize, promote, push
verb
Meaning 52
to be oppressive or burdensome,
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- weigh heavily on the mind
- Something pressed on his mind
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: weigh
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: count, matter, weigh
verb
Meaning 53
be urgent
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- This is a pressing problem
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: be
History
Etymology
From Middle English presse (“throng, crowd, clothespress”), partially from Old English press (“clothespress”) (from Medieval Latin pressa) and from Old French presse (Modern French presse) from Old French presser (“to press”), from Latin pressāre, from pressus, past participle of premere (“to press”). Cheifly displaced native Middle English thring (“press, crowd, throng”) (from Old English þring (“a press, crowd, anything that presses or confines”)). see English thring
From Middle English pressen (“to crowd, thring, press”), from Old French presser (“to press”) (Modern French presser) from Latin pressāre, from pressus, past participle of premere "to press". Displaced native Middle English thringen (“to press, crowd, throng”) (from Old English þringan (“to press, crowd”)), Middle English thrasten (“to press, force, urge”) (from Old English þrǣstan (“to press, force”)), Old English þryscan (“to press”), Old English þȳwan (“to press, impress”).
Across languages
Translations
315 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: pers — device used to apply pressure
- Belarusian: прэс (pres) — device used to apply pressure
- Bulgarian: пре́са (présa) — device used to apply pressure
- Catalan: premsa — device used to apply pressure
- Chinese Mandarin: 壓機 /压机 (yājī) — device used to apply pressure
- Chinese Mandarin: 壓榨機 /压榨机 (yāzhàjī) — device used to apply pressure
- Chinese Mandarin: 壓力機 /压力机 (yālìjī) — device used to apply pressure
- Czech: lis — device used to apply pressure
- Danish: presse — device used to apply pressure
- Dutch: pers — device used to apply pressure
- Erzya: матрамка (matramka) — device used to apply pressure
- Finnish: puristin — device used to apply pressure
- Finnish: paino — device used to apply pressure
- French: pressoir — device used to apply pressure
- Galician: prensa — device used to apply pressure
- German: Presse — device used to apply pressure
- Ancient Greek: ἶπος (îpos) — device used to apply pressure
- Ancient Greek: ἐκπιεστήριον (ekpiestḗrion) — device used to apply pressure
- Hungarian: prés — device used to apply pressure
- Hungarian: sajtó — device used to apply pressure
- Indonesian: pres — device used to apply pressure
- Ingrian: pressi — device used to apply pressure
- Irish: preas — device used to apply pressure
- Italian: pressa — device used to apply pressure
- Italian: torchio — device used to apply pressure
- Japanese: 押し花器 (oshibanaki) — device used to apply pressure
- Japanese: ズボンプレス (zubon-puresu) — device used to apply pressure
- Japanese: ズボンプレッサー (zubon-puressā) — device used to apply pressure
- Japanese: パンツプレス (pantsu-puresu) — device used to apply pressure
- Japanese: パンツプレッサー (pantsu-puressā) — device used to apply pressure
- Japanese: 圧搾機 (assakuki) — device used to apply pressure
- Kyrgyz: сыкма (sıkma) — device used to apply pressure
- Latin: prēlum — device used to apply pressure
- Latin: torcular — device used to apply pressure
- Macedonian: пре́са (présa) — device used to apply pressure
- Māori: perehi — device used to apply pressure
- Picard: pressor — device used to apply pressure
- Polish: prasa — device used to apply pressure
- Portuguese: prensa — device used to apply pressure
- Portuguese: imprensa — device used to apply pressure
- Romanian: teasc — device used to apply pressure
- Russian: пресс — device used to apply pressure
- Russian: соковыжима́лка (sokovyžimálka) — device used to apply pressure
- Southern Altai: баспак (baspak) — device used to apply pressure
- Southern Altai: базырткыш (bazïrtkïš) — device used to apply pressure
- Spanish: prensa — device used to apply pressure
- Swedish: press — device used to apply pressure
- Ottoman Turkish: باصقی (baskı) — device used to apply pressure
- Ottoman Turkish: جندره (cendere) — device used to apply pressure
- Ottoman Turkish: منكنه (mengene) — device used to apply pressure
- Ukrainian: прес (pres) — device used to apply pressure
- Afrikaans: drukpers — printed media
- Albanian: shtyp — printed media
- Southern Altai: пресса (pressa) — printed media
- Southern Altai: тамга (tamga) — printed media
- Arabic: صِحَافَة (ṣiḥāfa) — printed media
- Arabic: صَحَافَة (ṣaḥāfa) — printed media
- Arabic: مَطْبُوعَات (maṭbūʕāt) — printed media
- Arabic: صُحُف (ṣuḥuf) — printed media
- Armenian: մամուլ (mamul) — printed media
- Azerbaijani: mətbuat — printed media
- Bashkir: матбуғат (matbuğat) — printed media
- Belarusian: прэ́са (présa) — printed media
- Belarusian: друк (druk) — printed media
- Bulgarian: пре́са (présa) — printed media
- Bulgarian: печа́т (pečát) — printed media
- Catalan: premsa — printed media
- Chinese Mandarin: 媒體 /媒体 (méitǐ) — printed media
- Chinese Mandarin: 報刊 /报刊 (bàokān) — printed media
- Chinese Mandarin: 新聞界 /新闻界 (xīnwénjiè) — printed media
- Crimean Tatar: matbuat — printed media
- Czech: tisk — printed media
- Danish: presse — printed media
- Dutch: pers — printed media
- Estonian: press — printed media
- Estonian: ajakirjandus — printed media
- Finnish: lehdistö — printed media
- French: presse — printed media
- Galician: prensa — printed media
- Georgian: პრესა (ṗresa) — printed media
- German: Presse — printed media
- Greek: πρέσα (présa) — printed media
- Greek: τύπος (týpos) — printed media
- Hebrew: עיתונאות \ עִתּוֹנָאוּת (itona'út) — printed media
- Hindi: प्रेस (pres) — printed media
- Hungarian: sajtó — printed media
- Indonesian: pers — printed media
- Irish: preas — printed media
- Italian: stampa — printed media
- Japanese: 報道 (hōdō) — printed media
- Japanese: メディア — printed media
- Kazakh: баспасөз (baspasöz) — printed media
- Korean: 미디어 (midieo) — printed media
- Korean: 보도 (bodo) — printed media
- Northern Kurdish: çapemenî — printed media
- Kyrgyz: пресса (pressa) — printed media
- Kyrgyz: басма сөз (basma söz) — printed media
- Latvian: prese — printed media
- Lithuanian: spauda — printed media
- Macedonian: пре́са (présa) — printed media
- Macedonian: пе́чат (péčat) — printed media
- Mongolian: хэвлэл (xevlel) — printed media
- Mongolian: ᠬᠡᠪᠯᠡᠯ (keblel) — printed media
- Norwegian Bokmål: presse — printed media
- Pashto: مطبوعات (matbo'āt) — printed media
- Iranian Persian: مَطْبوعات (matbu'ât) — printed media
- Polish: prasa — printed media
- Portuguese: imprensa — printed media
- Romanian: presă — printed media
- Russian: пре́сса (préssa) — printed media
- Russian: печа́ть (pečátʹ) — printed media
- Serbo-Croatian: пре̏са — printed media
- Serbo-Croatian: штампа (štampa) — printed media
- Serbo-Croatian: prȅsa — printed media
- Serbo-Croatian: tisak — printed media
- Serbo-Croatian: štampa — printed media
- Slovak: tlač — printed media
- Slovene: novinarstvo — printed media
- Slovene: tisk — printed media
- Slovene: novinarji — printed media
- Spanish: prensa — printed media
- Spanish: press — printed media
- Swedish: press — printed media
- Tajik: матбуот (matbuot) — printed media
- Tajik: матбуъот (matbu'ot) — printed media
- Tatar: матбугат (matbuğat) — printed media
- Thai: หนังสือพิมพ์ (nǎng-sʉ̌ʉ-pim) — printed media
- Turkish: basın — printed media
- Turkish: matbuat — printed media
- Turkmen: metbugat — printed media
- Ukrainian: пре́са (présa) — printed media
- Ukrainian: друк (druk) — printed media
- Urdu: پَریس (pares) — printed media
- Urdu: پْریس (pres) — printed media
- Urdu: مَطْبُوعات (matbū'āt) — printed media
- Uyghur: مەتبۇئات (metbu'at) — printed media
- Uzbek: matbuot — printed media
- Uzbek: pressa — printed media
- Vietnamese: báo chí — printed media
- Welsh: gwasg — printed media
- Yiddish: דרוק (druk) — printed media
- Dutch: muurkast — enclosed storage space
- Finnish: kaappi — enclosed storage space
- Finnish: komero — enclosed storage space
- Hungarian: szekrény — enclosed storage space
- Irish: prios — enclosed storage space
- Japanese: 棚 (tana) — enclosed storage space
- Japanese: タンス (tansu) — enclosed storage space
- Norman: preisse — enclosed storage space
- Scottish Gaelic: preas — enclosed storage space
- Afrikaans: drukpers — printing machine
- Arabic: آلَة طِبَاعَة (ʔālat ṭibāʕa) — printing machine
- Belarusian: друка́рскі варшта́т (drukárski varštát) — printing machine
- Catalan: premsa — printing machine
- Catalan: impressora — printing machine
- Chinese Mandarin: 印刷機 /印刷机 (yìnshuājī) — printing machine
- Danish: trykpresse — printing machine
- Esperanto: presilo — printing machine
- Finnish: painokone — printing machine
- Finnish: paino — printing machine
- French: imprimerie — printing machine
- German: Druckerpresse — printing machine
- Hindi: मुद्रणालय (mudraṇālay) — printing machine
- Hungarian: sajtó — printing machine
- Japanese: 印刷機 (insatsuki) — printing machine
- Korean: 인쇄기 (inswaegi) — printing machine
- Polish: prasa drukarska — printing machine
- Portuguese: imprensa — printing machine
- Russian: печа́тный стано́к (pečátnyj stanók) — printing machine
- Spanish: prensa — printing machine
- Swedish: tryckpress — printing machine
- Turkish: baskı makinesi — printing machine
- Ukrainian: друка́рський верста́т (drukársʹkyj verstát) — printing machine
- Finnish: punnerrus — weightlifting exercise
- Hungarian: nyomás — weightlifting exercise
- Japanese: プレス (puresu) — weightlifting exercise
- Korean: 프레스 (peureseu) — weightlifting exercise
- Norwegian Bokmål: press — weightlifting exercise
- Norwegian Nynorsk: press — weightlifting exercise
- Russian: жим (žim) — weightlifting exercise
- Spanish: pres — weightlifting exercise
- Spanish: prensa — weightlifting exercise
- Arabic: ضَغَطَ (ḍaḡaṭa) — to apply pressure
- Armenian: սեղմել (seġmel) — to apply pressure
- Armenian: ճնշել (čnšel) — to apply pressure
- Assamese: টিপা (tipa) — to apply pressure
- Assamese: চেপা (sepa) — to apply pressure
- Assamese: হেঁচা (hẽsa) — to apply pressure
- Azerbaijani: sıxmaq — to apply pressure
- Azerbaijani: basmaq — to apply pressure
- Basque: sakatu — to apply pressure
- Bulgarian: натискам (natiskam) — to apply pressure
- Bulgarian: налягам (naljagam) — to apply pressure
- Burmese: နှိပ် (hnip) — to apply pressure
- Burmese: ဖိ (hpi.) — to apply pressure
- Catalan: prémer — to apply pressure
- Catalan: pitjar — to apply pressure
- Chinese: 揤 (zh-min-nan) — to apply pressure
- Chinese Mandarin: 按 (àn) — to apply pressure
- Chinese Mandarin: 壓 /压 (yā) — to apply pressure
- Chuvash: пус (pus) — to apply pressure
- Czech: tisknout — to apply pressure
- Czech: stisknout — to apply pressure
- Dutch: drukken — to apply pressure
- Esperanto: premi — to apply pressure
- Finnish: painaa — to apply pressure
- French: presser — to apply pressure
- French: appuyer — to apply pressure
- Galician: prensar — to apply pressure
- Galician: presionar — to apply pressure
- Galician: pisar — to apply pressure
- Galician: premer — to apply pressure
- Galician: sobar — to apply pressure
- Gallurese: abbaticà — to apply pressure
- Georgian: შეკუმშვა (šeḳumšva) — to apply pressure
- German: drücken — to apply pressure
- Hindi: दबाना (dabānā) — to apply pressure
- Hungarian: nyom — to apply pressure
- Hungarian: megnyom — to apply pressure
- Hungarian: benyom — to apply pressure
- Ido: presar — to apply pressure
- Indonesian: tekan — to apply pressure
- Indonesian: pencet — to apply pressure
- Italian: premere — to apply pressure
- Japanese: 押す (osu) — to apply pressure
- Javanese: peres — to apply pressure
- Javanese: meres — to apply pressure
- Kabuverdianu: kalka — to apply pressure
- Khmer: សង្កត់ (sɑŋkɑt) — to apply pressure
- Korean: 누르다 (nureuda) — to apply pressure
- Kyrgyz: басуу (basuu) — to apply pressure
- Latin: premō — to apply pressure
- Macedonian: при́тисне (prítisne) — to apply pressure
- Malagasy: fia — to apply pressure
- Malay: perah — to apply pressure
- Mongolian: дарах (darax) — to apply pressure
- Mongolian: шахах (šaxax) — to apply pressure
- Mongolian: ᠳᠠᠷᠤᠬᠤ (daruqu) — to apply pressure
- Mongolian: ᠰᠢᠬᠠᠬᠤ (siqaqu) — to apply pressure
- Khiamniungan Naga: thāng — to apply pressure
- Norman: prêssi — to apply pressure
- Occitan: prémer — to apply pressure
- Persian: فشردن (fešordan) — to apply pressure
- Polish: dociskać — to apply pressure
- Polish: docisnąć — to apply pressure
- Polish: przyciskać — to apply pressure
- Polish: przycisnąć — to apply pressure
- Portuguese: prensar — to apply pressure
- Portuguese: pressionar — to apply pressure
- Quechua: ñit'iy — to apply pressure
- Romanian: apăsa — to apply pressure
- Russian: нажима́ть (nažimátʹ) — to apply pressure
- Russian: жать (žatʹ) — to apply pressure
- Russian: нажа́ть (nažátʹ) — to apply pressure
- Russian: дави́ть (davítʹ) — to apply pressure
- Russian: надави́ть (nadavítʹ) — to apply pressure
- Russian: прессова́ть (pressovátʹ) — to apply pressure
- Sanskrit: पीडयति (pīḍayati) — to apply pressure
- Campidanese Sardinian: caccigai — to apply pressure
- Campidanese Sardinian: craccai — to apply pressure
- Campidanese Sardinian: aprettai — to apply pressure
- Sardinian: abbattigare — to apply pressure
- Sardinian: abbattire — to apply pressure
- Sardinian: carcare — to apply pressure
- Serbo-Croatian: pritisnuti — to apply pressure
- Spanish: prensar — to apply pressure
- Spanish: presionar — to apply pressure
- Spanish: oprimir — to apply pressure
- Spanish: aprensar — to apply pressure
- Spanish: pulsar — to apply pressure
- Spanish: apretar — to apply pressure
- Spanish: machucar — to apply pressure
- Spanish: apachar — to apply pressure
- Spanish: chejear — to apply pressure
- Spanish: conculcar — to apply pressure
- Spanish: premir — to apply pressure
- Spanish: apachurrar — to apply pressure
- Spanish: estripar — to apply pressure
- Spanish: espichar — to apply pressure
- Spanish: apelmazar — to apply pressure
- Swedish: trycka — to apply pressure
- Swedish: pressa — to apply pressure
- Tamil: அழுத்து (aḻuttu) — to apply pressure
- Tamil: அமுக்கு (amukku) — to apply pressure
- Tày: cặn — to apply pressure
- Thai: ดัน (dan) — to apply pressure
- Thai: กด (gòt) — to apply pressure
- Turkish: basmak — to apply pressure
- Urdu: دبانا (dabānā) — to apply pressure
- Vietnamese: ấn — to apply pressure
- Vietnamese: ép — to apply pressure
- Vietnamese: nhấn — to apply pressure
- Welsh: gwasgu — to apply pressure
- Woiwurrung: moondak — to apply pressure
- Bulgarian: гладя (gladja) — to smooth cloth with an iron
- French: repasser — to smooth cloth with an iron
- German: bügeln — to smooth cloth with an iron
- Macedonian: пе́гла (pégla) — to smooth cloth with an iron
- Māori: haeana — to smooth cloth with an iron
- Polish: prasować — to smooth cloth with an iron
- Polish: uprasować — to smooth cloth with an iron
- Russian: гла́дить (gláditʹ) — to smooth cloth with an iron
- Spanish: planchar — to smooth cloth with an iron
- Welsh: smwddio — to smooth cloth with an iron
- Bulgarian: настоявам (nastojavam) — to urge
- Macedonian: насто́јува (nastójuva) — to urge
- Māori: kūene — to urge
- Māori: nonoi — to urge
- Old English: crūdan — to urge
- Portuguese: insistir — to urge
- Russian: торопи́ть (toropítʹ) — to urge
- Russian: поторопи́ть (potoropítʹ) — to urge
- Russian: подгоня́ть (podgonjátʹ) — to urge
- Bulgarian: печатам (pečatam) — to indicate that a story is being printed
- Macedonian: пе́чати (péčati) — to indicate that a story is being printed
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