n. 25B6; verb
press the paper down firmly : PUSH (DOWN), press down, depress, hold down, force, thrust, squeeze, compress.
his shirt was pressed : SMOOTH (OUT), iron, remove creases from.
we pressed the grapes : CRUSH, squeeze, squash, mash, pulp, pound, pulverize, macerate.
she pressed the child to her bosom : CLASP, hold close, hug, cuddle, squeeze, clutch, grasp, embrace.
Winnie pressed his hand : SQUEEZE, grip, clutch.
the crowd pressed round : CLUSTER, gather, converge, congregate, flock, swarm, throng, crowd.
the government pressed its claim : PLEAD, urge, advance insistently, present, submit, put forward.
they pressed him to agree : URGE, put pressure on, pressurize, force, push, coerce, dragoon, steamroller, browbeat; informal lean on, put the screws on, twist someone's arm, railroad, bulldoze.
they pressed for a ban on the ivory trade : CALL, ask, clamour, push, campaign, demand.
25B6; noun
a private press : PUBLISHING HOUSE, printing company; printing press.
the freedom of the press : THE MEDIA, the newspapers, the papers, the news media, the fourth estate; journalists, reporters, newspapermen, newsmen, newspaper women, pressmen, presswomen; informal journos, news hounds; N. Amer. informal newsies; Brit. dated Fleet Street.
the company had some bad press : (PRESS) REPORTS, press coverage, press articles, press reviews.
25A0; be pressed for HAVE TOO LITTLE, be short of, have insufficient, lack, be lacking (in), be deficient in, need, be/stand in need of; informal be strapped for.
25A0; press on PROCEED, keep going, continue, carry on, make progress, make headway, press ahead, forge on/ahead, push on, keep on, struggle on, persevere, keep at it, stay with it, plod on, plough on; informal soldier on, plug away, peg away, stick at it.