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. |
Photo
(n.) A contraction of Photograph. |
Photo-
() A combining form from Gr. fw^s, fwto`s, light |
Photo-electric
(a.) Acting by the operation of both light and electricity |
Photo-electrotype
(n.) An electrotype plate formed in a mold made by photographing on prepared gelatine, etc. |
Photo-engraving
(n.) The process of obtaining an etched or engraved plate from the photographic image, to be used in printing |
Photo-epinasty
(n.) A disproportionately rapid growth of the upper surface of dorsiventral organs, such as leaves, through the stimulus of exposure to light. |
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 |
Spread
(imp. & p. p.) of Spread |
Spread
(v. t.) To extend in length and breadth, or in breadth only |
Spread
(v. t.) To extend so as to cover something |
Spread
(v. t.) To divulge |
Spread
(v. t.) To propagate |
Spread
(v. t.) To diffuse, as emanations or effluvia |
Spread
(v. t.) To strew |
Spread
(v. t.) To prepare |
Spread
(v. i.) To extend in length and breadth in all directions, or in breadth only |
Spread
(v. i.) To be extended by drawing or beating |
Spread
(v. i.) To be made known more extensively, as news. |
Spread
(v. i.) To be propagated from one to another |
Spread
(n.) Extent |
Spread
(n.) Expansion of parts. |
Spread
(n.) A cloth used as a cover for a table or a bed. |
Spread
(n.) A table, as spread or furnished with a meal |
Spread
(n.) A privilege which one person buys of another, of demanding certain shares of stock at a certain price, or of delivering the same shares of stock at another price, within a time agreed upon. |
Spread
(n.) An unlimited expanse of discontinuous points. |
Spread
() imp. & p. p. of Spread, v. |
Spread-eagle
(a.) Characterized by a pretentious, boastful, exaggerated style |
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 |
spread
spreading | act of extending over a wider scope or expanse of space or time |
| spread eagle | a skating figure executed with the skates heel to heel in a straight line |
| 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 |
bedspread
bedcover
bed cover
bed covering
counterpane
spread | decorative cover for a bed |
| 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 |
photograph
photo
exposure
picture pic | a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide, recorded by a camera on light-sensitive material |
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 |
ranch
spread cattle ranch
cattle farm | farm consisting of a large tract of land along with facilities needed to raise livestock (especially cattle) |
| 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 |
gap
spread | a conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures, gap between income and outgo, the spread between lending and borrowing costs |
scatter
spread | a haphazard distribution in all directions |
| spread | the expansion of a person's girth (especially at middle age), she exercised to avoid that middle-aged spread |
| freedom of the press | a right guaranteed by the First Amendment to the US Constitution |
spread
spread head
spreadhead
facing pages | two facing pages of a book or other publication |
center spread
centre spread | the spread at the center of a magazine |
| 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 |
photo-offset printing
photo-offset | a method of offset printing using photomechanical plates |
| 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 |
| photo credit | a note acknowledging the source of a published photograph |
| spread eagle | an emblem (an eagle with wings and legs spread) on the obverse of the Great Seal of the United States |
press conference
news conference | a conference at which press and tv reporters ask questions of a politician or other celebrity |
| photo finish | in general, any very close finish, in particular, a finish of a race in which the contestants are so close together that the winner must be determined from a photograph taken at the instant of finishing |
spread
spreading | process or result of distributing or extending over a wide expanse of space |