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. |
Hard (superl.) Not easily penetrated, cut, or separated into parts |
Hard (superl.) Difficult, mentally or judicially |
Hard (superl.) Difficult to accomplish |
Hard (superl.) Difficult to resist or control |
Hard (superl.) Difficult to bear or endure |
Hard (superl.) Difficult to please or influence |
Hard (superl.) Not easy or agreeable to the taste |
Hard (superl.) Rough |
Hard (superl.) Abrupt or explosive in utterance |
Hard (superl.) Wanting softness or smoothness of utterance |
Hard (superl.) Rigid in the drawing or distribution of the figures |
Hard (superl.) Having disagreeable and abrupt contrasts in the coloring or light and shade. |
Hard (adv.) With pressure |
Hard (adv.) With difficulty |
Hard (adv.) Uneasily |
Hard (adv.) So as to raise difficulties. |
Hard (adv.) With tension or strain of the powers |
Hard (adv.) Close or near. |
Hard (v. t.) To harden |
Hard (n.) A ford or passage across a river or swamp. |
Hard-favored (a.) Hard-featured |
Hard-featured (a.) Having coarse, unattractive or stern features. |
Hard-fisted (a.) Having hard or strong hands |
Hard-fisted (a.) Close-fisted |
Hard-fought (a. Vigorously) contested |
Hard grass () A name given to several different grasses, especially to the Roltbollia incurvata, and to the species of Aegilops, from one of which it is contended that wheat has been derived. |
Hard-handed (a.) Having hard hands, as a manual laborer. |
Hard-headed (a.) Having sound judgment |
Hard-hearted (a.) Unsympathetic |
Hard-labored (a.) Wrought with severe labor |
Hard-mouthed (a.) Not sensible to the bit |
Hard-shell (a.) Unyielding |
Hard-tack (n.) A name given by soldiers and sailors to a kind of hard biscuit or sea bread. |
Hard-visaged (a.) Of a harsh or stern countenance |
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. |
Pressed (imp. & p. p.) of Press |
Pressing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Press |
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 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 |
hard sell | forceful and insistent advertising |
hard tick ixodid | ticks having a hard shield on the back and mouth parts that project from the head |
quahog quahaug hard-shell clam hard clam round clam Venus mercenaria Mercenaria mercenaria | an edible American clam, the heavy shells were used as money by some American Indians |
hard-shell crab | edible crab that has not recently molted and so has a hard shell |
bench press | a small punch press mounted on a workbench |
cheese press | a press for shaping cheese curd |
disk drive disc drive hard drive Winchester drive | computer hardware that holds and spins a magnetic or optical disk and reads and writes information on it |
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 |
hard disc hard disk fixed disk | a rigid magnetic disk mounted permanently in a drive unit |
hard drug | a narcotic that is considered relatively strong and likely to cause addiction |
hard hat tin hat safety hat | a lightweight protective helmet (plastic or metal) worn by construction workers |
hard shoulder | a paved strip beside a motorway (for stopping in emergencies) |
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) |
pressing | a metal or plastic part that is made by a mechanical press |
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 |
hard palate | the bony part of the roof of the mouth |
hard line | a firm and uncompromising stance or position, the governor took a hard line on drugs |
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 |
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 |
clipping newspaper clipping press clipping cutting press cutting | an excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine, he searched through piles of letters and clippings |
hard news | news that deals with serious topics or events |
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 |
hard candy | candy that is brittle, you can break a tooth on that hard candy |