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 |
carbon carbon copy | a copy made with carbon paper |
cheese press | a press for shaping cheese curd |
copy | a thing made to be similar or identical to another thing, she made a copy of the designer dress, the clone was a copy of its ancestor |
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 |
master master copy original | an original creation (i.e., an audio recording) from which copies can be made |
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 |
xerox xerox copy | a copy made by a xerographic printer |
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 |
fair copy | a clean copy of a corrected draft |
copy written matter | matter to be printed, exclusive of graphical materials |
draft draft copy | any of the various versions in the development of a written work, a preliminary draft, the final draft of the constitution |
soft copy | (computer science) matter that is in a form that a computer can store or display it on a computer screen, he sent them soft copy of the report |
hard copy | (computer science) matter that is held in a computer and is typed or printed on paper, he ran off a hard copy of the report |
review copy | a copy of a newly published book that is sent for review to a writer or periodical |
copy editing | putting something into a form suitable for a printer |
transcript copy | a reproduction of a written record (e.g. of a legal or school record) |
proof test copy trial impression | (printing) an impression made to check for errors |
clipping newspaper clipping press clipping cutting press cutting | an excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine, he searched through piles of letters and clippings |
copy | material suitable for a journalistic account, catastrophes make good copy |
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 |
promptbook prompt copy | the copy of the playscript used by the prompter |
press conference news conference | a conference at which press and tv reporters ask questions of a politician or other celebrity |