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 |
| 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 |
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 |
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 |
urge
urge on
press
exhort | force or impel in an indicated direction, I urged him to finish his studies |
drive home
ram home
press home | make clear by special emphasis and try to convince somebody of something, drive home a point or an argument, I'm trying to drive home these basic ideas |
weight-lift
weightlift
press | lift weights, This guy can presspounds |
| press out express b extract | obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action, Italians express coffee rather than filter it |