- 7. Straiten, distress.
Press, v. n.
- 1. Bear heavily, exert pressure, push, bear down, crowd.
- 2. Hasten, hurry, push, rush.
- 3. Crowd, throng, force a way.
- 4. Approach unseasonably or importunately.
- 5. Encroach.
Press, n.
- 1. Machine for printing, printing-press.
- 2. Newspaperdom (colloq.).
- 3. Literary publications.
- 4. Crowd, throng, multitude.
- 5. Urgency, pressure, hurry.
- 6. Case, closet, wardrobe, bureau.
Pressing, a. Urgent, importunate, constraining, distressing.
Pressure, n.
- 1. Compressing, squeezing, crushing.
- 2. Influence, constraining force.
- 3. Urgency, press, hurry.
- 4. Affliction, grievance, calamity, distress, straits, oppression, difficulty, embarrassment.
- 5. Impression, stamp, character impressed.