press
Noun
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is a type of: urgency - the state of being urgent; an earnest and insistent necessity
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is a type of: print media - a medium that disseminates printed mattersubtypes:
- free press - a press not restricted or controlled by government censorship regarding politics or ideology
- newspaper, paper - a daily or weekly publication on folded sheets; contains news and articles and advertisements
- mag, magazine - a periodic publication containing pictures and stories and articles of interest to those who purchase it or subscribe to it
has: press corps - a group of journalists representing different publications who all cover the same topicssame as: public press -
is a type of: machine - any mechanical or electrical device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of human taskssubtypes:
- cylinder press, flatbed press - a printing press where the type is carried on a flat bed under a cylinder that holds paper and rolls over the type
- rotary press - a printing press for printing from a revolving cylinder
- standing press - a large printing press that exerts pressure vertically
has: bed - the flat surface of a printing press on which the type form is laid in the last stage of producing a newspaper or magazine or book etc.same as: printing press -
is a type of: crowd - a large number of things or people considered togethersubtypes: snarl-up, traffic jam - a number of vehicles blocking one another until they can scarcely move
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is a type of: article of furniture, furniture, piece of furniture - furnishings that make a room or other area ready for occupancysubtypes:
- armoire - a large wardrobe or cabinet; originally used for storing weapons
- clothes closet, clothespress - a closet where clothes are stored
- coat closet - a closet for storing outerwear
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is a type of: machine - any mechanical or electrical device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of human taskssubtypes:
- cheese press - a press for shaping cheese curd
- ciderpress - a press that is used to extract the juice from apples
- 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
- punch press - a power driven press used to shape metal parts
- winepress - a press that is used to extract the juice from grapes
same as: mechanical press -
is a type of: weightlift, weightlifting - bodybuilding by exercise that involves lifting weightssame as: military press
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subtypes:
- impression - the act of pressing one thing on or into the surface of another
- compressing, compression - applying pressure
Verb
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is a type of: touch - make physical contact with, come in contact withsubtypes:
- squeeze - press firmly
- crush, mash, squash, squeeze, squelch - to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition
- cranch, craunch, crunch, grind - press or grind with a crushing noise
- bear down, bear down on, drag down, press down on, weigh down - exert a force with a heavy weight
- knuckle - press or rub with the knuckles
- push - press against forcefully without moving
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subtypes:
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same as: weigh
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is a type of: flatten, flatten out - become flat or flatter
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is a type of: tighten - become tight or tightersubtypes:
- choke, strangle - constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing
- prim - contract one's lips
- astringe - constrict or bind or draw together
- strangulate - constrict a hollow organ or vessel so as to stop the flow of blood or air
- convulse - contract involuntarily, as in a spasm
- convulse - cause to contract
- bear down, overbear - contract the abdominal muscles during childbirth to ease delivery
- choke, fret, gag - be too tight; rub or press
- choke, scrag - wring the neck of
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is a type of: mass - join together into a mass or collect or form a mass
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is a type of: be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
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same as: press out
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same as: push
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is a type of: press - place between two surfaces and apply weight or pressuresubtypes: mangle - press with a mangle
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same as: weight-lift, weightlift
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is a type of: plead - appeal or request earnestly
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- Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
- Nouns denoting man-made objects
- Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
- Specific
- Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
- Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
- Verbs of political and social activities and events
- Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
- Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
- Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
- Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
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