Air-tight (a.) So tight as to be impermeable to air |
Air-tight (n.) A stove the draft of which can be almost entirely shut off. |
Bramah press () A hydrostatic press of immense power, invented by Joseph Bramah of London. See under Hydrostatic. |
Drill press () A machine for drilling holes in metal, the drill being pressed to the metal by the action of a screw. |
Hand-tight (a.) As tight as can be made by the hand. |
Press (n.) An East Indian insectivore (Tupaia ferruginea). It is arboreal in its habits, and has a bushy tail. The fur is soft, and varies from rusty red to maroon and to brownish black. |
Press (n.) To force into service, particularly into naval service |
Press (n.) A commission to force men into public service, particularly into the navy. |
Press (v.) To urge, or act upon, with force, as weight |
Press (v.) To squeeze, in order to extract the juice or contents of |
Press (v.) To squeeze in or with suitable instruments or apparatus, in order to compact, make dense, or smooth |
Press (v.) To embrace closely |
Press (v.) To oppress |
Press (v.) To straiten |
Press (v.) To exercise very powerful or irresistible influence upon or over |
Press (v.) To try to force (something upon some one) |
Press (v.) To drive with violence |
Press (v. i.) To exert pressure |
Press (v. i.) To move on with urging and crowding |
Press (v. i.) To urge with vehemence or importunity |
Press (n.) An apparatus or machine by which any substance or body is pressed, squeezed, stamped, or shaped, or by which an impression of a body is taken |
Press (n.) Specifically, a printing press. |
Press (n.) The art or business of printing and publishing |
Press (n.) An upright case or closet for the safe keeping of articles |
Press (n.) The act of pressing or thronging forward. |
Press (n.) Urgent demands of business or affairs |
Press (n.) A multitude of individuals crowded together |
Rain-tight (a.) So tight as to exclude rain |
Stick-tight (n.) Beggar's ticks. |
Tight () of Tie |
Tight () p. p. of Tie. |
Tight (superl.) Firmly held together |
Tight (superl.) Close, so as not to admit the passage of a liquid or other fluid |
Tight (superl.) Fitting close, or too close, to the body |
Tight (superl.) Not ragged |
Tight (superl.) Close |
Tight (superl.) Not slack or loose |
Tight (superl.) Handy |
Tight (superl.) Somewhat intoxicated |
Tight (superl.) Pressing |
Tight (v. t.) To tighten. |
Water-tight (a.) So tight as to retain, or not to admit, water |
press pressure pressing | the act of pressing, the exertion of pressure, he gave the button a press, he used pressure to stop the bleeding, at the pressing of a button |
bench press | a weightlift in which you lie on your back on a bench and press weights upward |
incline bench press | a bench press performed on an inclined bench |
press military press | a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then smoothly lifted overhead |
pushup press-up | an arm exercise performed lying face to the floor and pushing the body up and down with the arms |
field press censorship | security review of news (including all information or material intended for dissemination to the public) subject to the jurisdiction of the armed forces |
bench press | a small punch press mounted on a workbench |
cheese press | a press for shaping cheese curd |
drill press | a machine tool with a separate, upright stand, an electric drill is pressed into the work automatically or with a hand lever |
drop forge drop hammer drop press | device for making large forgings |
flatbed press cylinder press | a printing press where the type is carried on a flat bed under a cylinder that holds paper and rolls over the type |
garlic press | a press for extracting juice from garlic |
hug-me-tight | a woman's fitted jacket |
hydraulic press | press in which a force applied by a piston to a small area is transmitted through water to another piston having a large area |
permanent press durable press | a fabric that has been chemically processed to resist wrinkles and hold its shape |
press mechanical press | any machine that exerts pressure to form or shape or cut materials or extract liquids or compress solids |
press printing press | a machine used for printing |
press | clamp to prevent wooden rackets from warping when not in use |
press box | box reserved for reporters (as at a sports event) |
press gallery | an area (sometimes in a balcony) set aside for reporters (especially in a legislative hall) |
press of sail press of canvas | the greatest amount of sail that a ship can carry safely |
punch press | a power driven press used to shape metal parts |
rotary press | a printing press for printing from a revolving cylinder |
snap snap fastener press stud | a fastener used on clothing, fastens with a snapping sound, children can manage snaps better than buttons |
standing press | a large printing press that exerts pressure vertically |
trouser press pants presser | a home appliance in which trousers can be hung and the wrinkles pressed out |
wardrobe closet press | a tall piece of furniture that provides storage space for clothes, has a door and rails or hooks for hanging clothes |
freedom of the press | a right guaranteed by the First Amendment to the US Constitution |
gutter press | press that engages in sensational journalism (especially concerning the private lives of public figures) |
free press | a press not restricted or controlled by government censorship regarding politics or ideology |
press public press | the print media responsible for gathering and publishing news in the form of newspapers or magazines |
samizdat underground press | a system of clandestine printing and distribution of dissident or banned literature |
clipping newspaper clipping press clipping cutting press cutting | an excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine, he searched through piles of letters and clippings |
stop press | late news that is inserted into the newspaper at the last minute |
handout press release release | an announcement distributed to members of the press in order to supplement or replace an oral presentation |
press conference news conference | a conference at which press and tv reporters ask questions of a politician or other celebrity |
crush jam press | a dense crowd of people |
press gang | a detachment empowered to force civilians to serve in the army or navy |
news agency press agency wire service press association news organization news organisation | an agency to collects news reports for newspapers and distributes it electronically |
press corps | a group of journalists representing different publications who all cover the same topics, the White House press corps |
press agent publicity man public relations man PR man | someone employed to arrange publicity (for a firm or a public figure) |
press lord | a powerful newspaper proprietor |
press photographer | a photographer who works for a newspaper |
tight end | (football) an offensive end who lines up close to the tackle |
tight money | the economic condition in which credit is difficult to secure and interest rates are high |
imperativeness insistence insistency press pressure | the state of demanding notice or attention, the insistence of their hunger, the press of business matters |
print run press run | the period that presses run to produce an issue of a newspaper |
sit tight | maintain the same position, wait it out, Let's not make a decision--let's sit tight |
stub out crush out extinguish press out | extinguish by crushing, stub out your cigar |
bid beseech entreat adjure press conjure | ask for or request earnestly, The prophet bid all people to become good persons |