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n.
instrument for crushing, shaping, squeezing
1) a cider; cookie ( AE ); hydraulic; wine ~
publishing house
2) a university; vanity ~
device for printing
3) a printing ~
4) the ~es roll
5) ( misc. ) to go to ~
6) in ~ (our book is now in ~)
newspapers, magazines
reporters
7) to censor; control; muzzle the ~
8) a free ~
9) the foreign; gutter, yellow; local ~
publicity
10) a bad; good ~ (we got a bad ~)
smoothness of a fabric
11) (a) permanent ~
aggressive defense used in basketball
12) a full-court ~
type of lift used by weight lifters
13) to do a ~
14) a bench; military ~
II
v.
1) to ~ hard
2) ( d ; intr. , tr. ) ('to push') to ~ against (to ~ against a door)
3) ( d ; intr. , tr. ) to ~ for ('to urge') (to ~ for reform; to ~ the authorities for information)
4) ( D ; tr. ) ('to shape') to ~ into (to ~ clay into various forms)
5) ( d ; tr. ) ('to place') to ~ into (to ~ all equipment into service)
6) ( D ; intr. ) ('to squeeze') to ~ on (to ~ on a button).
7) ( H ) ('to urge') they were ~ing me to agree to the compromise