What is the name meaning of PRESS. Phrases containing PRESS
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Biblical
A wine-press.
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English
English : occupational name for a priest’s servant, from Middle English pr(i)est ‘priest’, ‘minister’ + man ‘man’.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : occupational name for someone who did ironing and pressing of clothes, from Yiddish pres ‘flat iron’ + man ‘man’.
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English
English : variant spelling of Presnell.
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English
English : patronymic from Middle English prest ‘priest’, i.e. ‘son of the priest’.French : occupational name for a presser of wine or oil, from a derivative of presser ‘to press’.
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Biblical
The pressing; the meditation of God.
Girl/Female
Biblical
Digging, a wine-press.
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English
English : variant of Priestley.Americanized form of German Pressler.
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English
English : variant of Priestley.Americanized form of German Pressler.
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English
English : from Middle English prest ‘priest’ + hay, hey ‘enclosure’; a topographic name for someone who lived by a piece of enclosed church land, or a habitational name from a minor place such as Priesthaywood Farm in Wappenham, Northamptonshire.
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Biblical
Pressed down, worn, fastened.
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Biblical
Purity, cleansing, press.
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Biblical
A wine-press.
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Biblical
The high wine-press.
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English
English : nickname from Old French prestre ‘priest’.German : derogatory nickname for a bully or tyrant, from an agent noun derivative of pressen ‘to oppress’.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : occupational name for someone who did ironing, from Yiddish pres ‘flat iron’ + the agent noun suffix -er.
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English
English : variant of Priest.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : metonymic occupational name for someone who ironed clothes, from Yiddish pres ‘flat iron’.
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English
English : variant of Prestwood.
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English
English : variant spelling of Presnell.
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English (chiefly West Midlands)
English (chiefly West Midlands) : metonymic occupational name for a fuller, from Middle English tred(en) ‘to tread’ + well ‘well’. Fulling was the process by which newly woven cloth was cleaned and shrunk by the use of heat, water, and pressure (from treading) before finally being stretched and laid out to dry on tenter hooks.
Boy/Male
Biblical
Men of Gath; ie. of a wine-press.
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English
English : variant of Priestley.Americanized form of German Pressler.
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English American Greek
meaning 'on the watch'. Often used as an independent name.
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Hindu, Indian, Parsi, Sanskrit
Crown of the Head; Auspicious Powder
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Hindu
Shining, Beautiful, Desirous
Biblical
anointed
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English American
Of high value; brilliant. The precious diamond stone.
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Hebrew
Cherished; Beloved.
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Tamil
Goddess Lakshmi
Male
Finnish
Finnish form of Scandinavian Hjalmar, JALMARI means "helmet-warrior."
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Irish
Herald.
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Arabic, Muslim
Agreement; Covenant; Contract; Pact
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n.
The act of pressing, or the condition of being pressed; compression; a squeezing; a crushing; as, a pressure of the hand.
pl.
of Pressman
n.
One who presses clothes; as, a tailor's pressman.
n.
One of a press gang, who aids in forcing men into the naval service; also, one forced into the service.
v. t.
To pack, or prepare for packing, by means of a press.
n.
Urgency; as, the pressure of business.
n.
One who manages, or attends to, a press, esp. a printing press.
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Having, employing, or exerting, a low degree of pressure.
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Pressing; urgent; also, oppressive; as, pressive taxation.
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Having or involving a pressure greatly exceeding that of the atmosphere; -- said of steam, air, water, etc., and of steam, air, or hydraulic engines, water wheels, etc.
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Fig.: Urgent; intense; as, a high-pressure business or social life.
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Urgent; exacting; importunate; as, a pressing necessity.
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The act of pressing; pressure.
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A contrasting force or impulse of any kind; as, the pressure of poverty; the pressure of taxes; the pressure of motives on the mind; the pressure of civilization.
a.
Causing, or giving rise to, pressure or to an increase of pressure; as, pressor nerve fibers, stimulation of which excites the vasomotor center, thus causing a stronger contraction of the arteries and consequently an increase of the arterial blood pressure; -- opposed to depressor.
n.
The juice of the grape extracted by the press; also, a fee paid for the use of a wine press.
n.
Pressure.
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One of a tribe of wading birds (Pressirostres) including those which have a compressed beak, as the plovers.
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Of or pertaining to the pressirosters.
n.
The art of printing from the surface of type, plates, or engravings in relief, by means of a press; the work so done.