press

== English == === Pronunciation === (UK, US) IPA(key): /pɹɛs/ Rhymes: -ɛs === Etymology 1 === 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 ==== Noun ==== press (countable and uncountable, plural presses) An instance of applying pressure; an instance of pressing. (countable) A device used to apply pressure to an item. (uncountable) A crowd. (countable) A printing machine. Synonym: printing press (uncountable, collective) The print-based media (both the people and the newspapers). (countable) A publisher. (countable, especially in Ireland and Scotland) An enclosed storage space (e.g. closet, cupboard). (countable, weightlifting) An exercise in which weight is forced away from the body by extension of the arms or legs. (countable, golf, gambling) 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. (countable) Pure, unfermented grape juice. A commission to force men into public service, particularly into the navy. Synonym: press-gang (psychology) In personology, any environmental factor that arouses a need in the individual. ===== Synonyms ===== (storage space): See closet, cupboard, pantry ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === 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”). ==== Verb ==== press (third-person singular simple present presses, present participle pressing, simple past and past participle pressed or prest) (ambitransitive) To exert weight or force against, to act upon with force or weight; to exert pressure upon. (transitive, mechanics, electronics) To activate a button or key by exerting a downward or forward force on it, and then releasing it. Synonyms: strike, hit, depress (transitive) To compress, squeeze. Synonyms: thring, thrutch; see also Thesaurus:compress (transitive) To clasp, hold in an embrace. Synonym: hug (transitive) To reduce to a particular shape or form by pressure, especially flatten or smooth. (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. (transitive) To drive or thrust by pressure, to force in a certain direction. Synonyms: thring, thrutch (transitive, obsolete) To weigh upon, oppress, trouble. (transitive) To force to a certain end or result; to urge strongly. Synonym: impel To try to force (something upon someone). Synonyms: urge, inculcate (transitive) To hasten, urge onward. (transitive) To urge, beseech, entreat. (transitive) To lay stress upon. Synonym: emphasize (ambitransitive) To throng, crowd. Synonyms: thring, thrutch; see also Thesaurus:assemble (transitive, obsolete) To print. To force into service, particularly into naval service. Synonym: press-gang ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === References === Entry for the imperfect and past participle in Webster's dictionary William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “press”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “press”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000. === Anagrams === ERSPs, RESPs, SERPs, Spers == German == === Pronunciation === === Verb === press singular imperative of pressen (colloquial) first-person singular present of pressen == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology 1 === From the verb presse. ==== Noun ==== press n (definite singular presset, indefinite plural press, definite plural pressa or pressene) pressure (weightlifting) a press ===== Related terms ===== trykk === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== press imperative of presse === References === “press” in The Bokmål Dictionary. “press_1” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB). == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From the verb presse. === Noun === press n (definite singular presset, indefinite plural press, definite plural pressa) pressure (weightlifting) a press ==== Related terms ==== trykk === References === “press” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpɾes/ [ˈpɾes] Rhymes: -es Syllabification: press === Noun === press m (plural press) press (exercise) Synonym: prensa == Swedish == === Pronunciation === === Noun === press c a press; a tool that applies pressure (to make things flat, to make juice) a (printing) press stoppa pressarna stop the presses the press (newspapers, journalism as a branch of society) (mental) pressure a muscle exercise that applies pressure ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “press”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) press in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)