noun specifically, a printing press.
2. press ·noun the act of pressing or thronging forward.
3. press ·v to embrace closely; to hug.
4. press ·v to oppress; to bear hard upon.
5. press ·noun a commission to force men into public service, particularly into the navy.
6. press ·noun urgent demands of business or affairs; urgency; as, a press of engagements.
7. press ·noun a multitude of individuals crowded together; / crowd of single things; a throng.
8. press ·vi to exert pressure; to bear heavily; to push, crowd, or urge with steady force.
9. press ·noun an upright case or closet for the safe keeping of articles; as, a clothes press.
10. press ·noun to force into service, particularly into naval service; to impress.
11. press ·v to squeeze, in order to extract the juice or contents of; to squeeze out, or express, from something.
12. press ·v to straiten; to distress; as, to be pressed with want or hunger.
13. press ·v to drive with violence; to hurry; to urge on; to ply hard; as, to press a horse in a race.
14. press ·vi to urge with vehemence or importunity; to exert a strong or compelling influence; as, an argument presses upon the judgment.
15. press ·v to exercise very powerful or irresistible influence upon or over; to constrain; to force; to compel.
xvi. press ·noun 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.
xvii. press ·v to squeeze in or with suitable instruments or apparatus, in order to compact, make dense, or smooth; as, to press cotton bales, paper, ·etc.; to smooth by ironing; as, to press clothes.
xviii. press ·v to try to force (something upon some one); to urge or inculcate with earnestness or importunity; to enforce; as, to press divine truth on an audience.
xix. press ·noun 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; sometimes, the place or building containing a press or presses.
xx. press ·vi to move on with urging and crowding; to make one's way with violence or effort; to bear onward forcibly; to crowd; to throng; to encroach.
xxi. press ·noun the art or business of printing and publishing; hence, printed publications, taken collectively, more especially newspapers or the persons employed in writing for them; as, a free press is a blessing, a licentious press is a curse.
xxii. press ·v to urge, or act upon, with force, as weight; to act upon by pushing or thrusting, in distinction from pulling; to crowd or compel by a gradual and continued exertion; to bear upon; to squeeze; to compress; as, we press the ground with the feet when we walk; we press the couch on which we repose; we press substances with the hands, fingers, or arms; we are pressed in a crowd.