Bend
(v. t.) To strain or move out of a straight line |
Bend
(v. t.) To turn toward some certain point |
Bend
(v. t.) To apply closely or with interest |
Bend
(v. t.) To cause to yield |
Bend
(v. t.) To fasten, as one rope to another, or as a sail to its yard or stay |
Bend
(v. i.) To be moved or strained out of a straight line |
Bend
(v. i.) To jut over |
Bend
(v. i.) To be inclined |
Bend
(v. i.) To bow in prayer, or in token of submission. |
Bend
(n.) A turn or deflection from a straight line or from the proper direction or normal position |
Bend
(n.) Turn |
Bend
(n.) A knot by which one rope is fastened to another or to an anchor, spar, or post. |
Bend
(n.) The best quality of sole leather |
Bend
(n.) Hard, indurated clay |
Bend
(n.) same as caisson disease. Usually referred to as the bends. |
Bend
(n.) A band. |
Bend
(n.) One of the honorable ordinaries, containing a third or a fifth part of the field. It crosses the field diagonally from the dexter chief to the sinister base. |
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. |
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 |
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 |
knee bend
squat squatting | exercising by repeatedly assuming a crouching position with the knees bent, strengthens the leg muscles |
| 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 |
bend
curve | curved segment (of a road or river or railroad track etc.) |
| bend bend dexter | diagonal line traversing a shield from the upper right corner to the lower left |
blind curve
blind bend | a curve or bend in the road that you cannot see around as you are driving |
| carrick bend | a knot used to connect the ends of two large ropes or hawsers |
| 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 |
| fisherman's bend | a knot for tying a line to a spar or ring |
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 |
| hairpin bend | a U-shaped bend in a road |
| hawser bend | a knot uniting the ends of two lines |
| 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 |
sheet bend
becket bend
weaver's knot
weaver's hitch | a hitch used for temporarily tying a rope to the middle of another rope (or to an eye) |
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 |
bar sinister
bend sinister | a mark of bastardy, lines from top right to bottom left |
press conference
news conference | a conference at which press and tv reporters ask questions of a politician or other celebrity |
bending
bend | movement that causes the formation of a curve |
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 |