Bachelor's button () A plant with flowers shaped like buttons |
Bramah press () A hydrostatic press of immense power, invented by Joseph Bramah of London. See under Hydrostatic. |
Button (n.) A knob |
Button (n.) A catch, of various forms and materials, used to fasten together the different parts of dress, by being attached to one part, and passing through a slit, called a buttonhole, in the other |
Button (n.) A bud |
Button (n.) A piece of wood or metal, usually flat and elongated, turning on a nail or screw, to fasten something, as a door. |
Button (n.) A globule of metal remaining on an assay cupel or in a crucible, after fusion. |
Button (n.) To fasten with a button or buttons |
Button (n.) To dress or clothe. |
Button (v. i.) To be fastened by a button or buttons |
Drill press () A machine for drilling holes in metal, the drill being pressed to the metal by the action of a screw. |
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 |
Talk (n.) To utter words |
Talk (n.) To confer |
Talk (n.) To prate |
Talk (v. t.) To speak freely |
Talk (v. t.) To deliver in talking |
Talk (v. t.) To consume or spend in talking |
Talk (v. t.) To cause to be or become by talking. |
Talk (n.) The act of talking |
Talk (n.) Report |
Talk (n.) Subject of discourse |
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 |
talk | the act of giving a talk to an audience, I attended an interesting talk on local history |
chalk talk | a talk that uses a blackboard and chalk |
button quail button-quail bustard quail hemipode | small quail-like terrestrial bird of southern Eurasia and northern Africa that lacks a hind toe, classified with wading birds but inhabits grassy plains |
striped button quail Turnix sylvatica | a variety of button quail having stripes |
bench press | a small punch press mounted on a workbench |
button | a round fastener sewn to shirts and coats etc to fit through buttonholes |
button | any artifact that resembles a button |
buttonhole button hole | a hole through which buttons are pushed |
cheese press | a press for shaping cheese curd |
coat button | a button on a coat |
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 |
horn button | a button that you press to activate the horn of an automobile |
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 |
mouse button | a push button on the mouse |
panic button | a button to push in order to summon help in case of an emergency, the circuit is operated by a panic button, when he saw that I was angry he hit the panic button |
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 |
push button push button | an electrical switch operated by pressing, the elevator was operated by push buttons, the push beside the bed operated a buzzer at the desk |
push-button radio | a radio receiver that can be tuned by pressing buttons |
release button | a device that when pressed will release part of a mechanism |
reset button | a push button that you press to activate the reset mechanism |
rotary press | a printing press for printing from a revolving cylinder |
shirt button | a button on a shirt |
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 |
clitoris clit button | a female sexual organ homologous to the penis |
navel umbilicus bellybutton belly button omphalos omphalus | a scar where the umbilical cord was attached, you were not supposed to show your navel on television, they argued whether or not Adam had a navel, she had a tattoo just above her bellybutton |
gut issue hot-button issue | an issue that elicits strong emotional reactions |
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 |