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US Air Force building program
The Heavy Press Program was a Cold War-era program of the United States Air Force to build the largest forging presses and extrusion presses in the world
Heavy_Press_Program
Heavy press in Cleveland, Ohio, US
000-ton forging press is a heavy press operated at Howmet Aerospace's Cleveland Operations. It was built as part of the Heavy Press Program by the United
Alcoa 50,000-ton forging press
Alcoa_50,000-ton_forging_press
Forging press in Massachusetts, US
000-ton forging press is a forging press located at the Wyman-Gordon Grafton Plant that was built as part of the Heavy Press Program by the United States
Wyman-Gordon 50,000 ton forging press
Wyman-Gordon_50,000_ton_forging_press
Manufacturing plant in the United States
ton open die forging press was built by Sack. The 18000 ton press began operation in 1946 as a part of the Heavy Press Program. It was built by Mesta
Wyman-Gordon_Grafton_Plant
Partially reusable super-heavy-lift launch vehicle by SpaceX
25, 2019. Since then, Falcon Heavy has been certified for the National Security Space Launch (NSSL) program. Falcon Heavy was designed to be able to carry
Falcon_Heavy
Genre of rock music
Heavy metal (or simply metal) is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the United Kingdom and United States
Heavy_metal_music
Japanese multinational corporation
2014. "Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to Acquire Canadair Regional Jet Program from Bombardier Inc" (Press release). Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. 25 June
Mitsubishi_Heavy_Industries
Industrial machinery manufacturer
the 1960s. The company manufactured a 50,000 ton press (the "fifty") as part of the Heavy Press Program, initially owned by the Air Force in 1952 and operated
Mesta_Machinery
Combat vehicle procurement program of United States Army
procurement program canceled in 1992. The Army sought to develop a family of six armored vehicles based on two common chassis, one heavy and one medium
Armored_Systems_Modernization
NASA-led lunar exploration program
the program was not viable. He instead proposed US$6 billion in additional funding and called for the development of a new heavy-lift rocket program to
Artemis_program
Launch vehicles developed and operated by SpaceX
25, 2019. Since then, Falcon Heavy has been certified for the National Security Space Launch (NSSL) program. Falcon Heavy was designed to be able to carry
SpaceX_launch_vehicles
Form of water
Heavy water (deuterium oxide, 2 H 2O, D 2O) is a form of water in which all hydrogen atoms are hydrogen-2 isotope or deuterium (2 H or D, also known as
Heavy_water
successful, and landed boosters successfully on 111 of those flights. Falcon Heavy was launched once and was successful, including landing of the mission's
List of Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launches (2020–2022)
List_of_Falcon_9_and_Falcon_Heavy_launches_(2020–2022)
World War II operations
Norwegian heavy water sabotage (Bokmål: Tungtvannsaksjonen; Nynorsk: Tungtvassaksjonen) was a series of Allied-led efforts to halt Nazi German heavy water
Norwegian heavy water sabotage
Norwegian_heavy_water_sabotage
1995 studio album by Strapping Young Lad
Heavy as a Really Heavy Thing is the debut studio album by Canadian extreme metal band Strapping Young Lad. It was released on April 4, 1995. Century
Heavy_as_a_Really_Heavy_Thing
List of launches of SpaceX's fully reusable Starship
Exploration Program". Business Wire (Press release). Retrieved February 26, 2024. Berger, Eric (February 27, 2026). "NASA shakes up its Artemis program to speed
List_of_Starship_launches
Super-heavy tank, assault gun
of that sort of weight and the T28 program terminated in October 1947. By that point, the T29 and T30 turreted heavy tank designs had been built. The T29
T28_super-heavy_tank
General-purpose programming language
Python is a high-level, general-purpose programming language that emphasizes code readability, simplicity, and ease-of-writing with the use of significant
Python_(programming_language)
parliament decided to carry out the heavy water program aimed at producing reactors loaded with natural uranium. The program was called den svenska linjen ("the
Swedish nuclear weapons program
Swedish_nuclear_weapons_program
SpaceX launched 96 Falcon family vehicles—91 Falcon 9 and five Falcon Heavy rockets. It surpassed both the company's own single-year launch record of
List of Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launches (2023)
List_of_Falcon_9_and_Falcon_Heavy_launches_(2023)
American media personality (born 1985)
David Sparks also known as HeavyDSparks on YouTube, was born January 5, 1985, and is an American actor. He is most known for his role on the reality TV
Dave_'Heavy_D'_Sparks
Reusable superheavy-lift general-purpose launch vehicle
company's Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy rockets, and is part of SpaceX's broader reusable launch system development program. If completed as designed, Starship
SpaceX_Starship
United States Coast Guard program
Security Cutter Program is a program to recapitalize the United States Coast Guard's aging fleet of polar icebreakers, consisting of the heavy icebreaker USCGC
Polar_Security_Cutter_program
(PDF) (Press release). Department of Defense. December 10, 1963. Retrieved April 9, 2020. "Timeline: Key dates in U.S. space shuttle program". Reuters
List of space programs of the United States
List_of_space_programs_of_the_United_States
American heavy tank
July 1957 called for the heavy tank program to be audited. Investigators had been unable to determine the cost of the program, which was estimated in the
M103_heavy_tank
1961–1972 American crewed lunar exploration program
The Apollo program, also known as Project Apollo, was the United States human spaceflight program led by NASA, which landed the first humans on the Moon
Apollo_program
Term used for certain metallic elements
Heavy metals is a controversial and ambiguous term for metallic elements with relatively high densities, atomic weights, or atomic numbers. The criteria
Heavy_metals
American metal component manufacturer
process steel, titanium, and nickel-based materials, among others. Heavy Press Program Oregonian/OregonLive, Mike Rogoway | The (2016-01-30). "Precision
Wyman-Gordon
Town in Massachusetts, United States
installed a 50,000-ton metal forge in North Grafton as part of its Heavy Press Program in a plant operated by Wyman-Gordon. It was the largest metal forge
Grafton,_Massachusetts
Khuzestan. The program’s research capabilities are anchored by several facilities, most notably the Tehran Research Reactor and the heavy water reactor
Nuclear_program_of_Iran
American heavy tank
The T29 Heavy Tank was an American heavy tank project started in March 1944 to counter the appearance of the German Tiger II heavy tank. The T29 was not
T29_heavy_tank
Heavy water reactor in Arak, Iran
(officially the Khondab Heavy Water Research Reactor), part of the Arak Nuclear Complex, was an Iranian 40 megawatt (thermal) heavy water reactor near Arak
IR-40
.50-caliber heavy machine gun
machine gun or Browning .50-caliber machine gun (informally, "Ma Deuce") is a heavy machine gun that was designed near the end of World War I by John Browning
M2_Browning
American writer and professor (born 1974)
Believers,' 'Heavy: An American Memoir,' receive 2019 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction". News and Press Center. January
Kiese_Laymon
Program of the Allies during World War II
Operation Epsilon was the codename of a program in which Allied forces near the end of World War II detained ten German scientists who were thought to
Operation_Epsilon
Heavy tank
as the TS-31, was a canceled heavy tank project which began in 1954. It was an attempt to replace the T43 (M103) heavy tank. The T110 was a proposal
T110_heavy_tank
Expendable launch system program of the United States Space Force
2018. The Falcon Heavy is a super heavy-lift rocket developed and produced by SpaceX. It has been certified for the NSSL program after the STP-2 launch
National Security Space Launch
National_Security_Space_Launch
Extremely large or weighty tracked fighting vehicle
A super-heavy tank is any tank that is notably beyond the standard of the class heavy tank in either size or weight relative to contemporary vehicles
Super-heavy_tank
American prototype heavy tank of World War II
mostly by the Germans, gave momentum to a number of US tank programs, including a heavy tank. The United States possessed a massive industrial infrastructure
M6_heavy_tank
Vehicles designed for executing construction tasks
Heavy equipment, heavy machinery, earthmovers, construction vehicles, or construction equipment, refers to heavy-duty vehicles specially designed to execute
Heavy_equipment
Chinese construction machinery manufacturer
‹See RfD› Sany Heavy Industry Co., Ltd. is a Chinese multinational heavy equipment manufacturing company headquartered in Changsha, Hunan. It is the third-largest
Sany
Councilman of Houston, Texas and talk show host
Michael Berry — KTRH". Houston Press. Retrieved August 9, 2013. "Top 25 Radio Hosts". Newsmax. October 2006. "2025 Heavy Hundred – 1-25". TALKERS magazine
Michael_Berry_(radio_host)
American bodybuilder (1951–2001)
bodybuilding. One of the most prolific bodybuilders of all time, his Heavy Duty Training program advocates high intensity and low volume. In 2002, he was inducted
Mike_Mentzer
Launch vehicle capable of lifting over 20,000 kg into low Earth orbit
(EELV) program in 1994 to ensure access to space through contracted launch providers. This led to the development of the Delta IV, with the heavy variant
Heavy-lift_launch_vehicle
Instructions a computer can execute
function panels by plugging heavy black cables into plugboards. Each function table had 728 rotating knobs. Programming the ENIAC also involved setting
Computer_program
The nuclear program of the Republic of China can be represented as a Timeline of the Taiwan-based Republic of China's nuclear program. Taiwan and weapons
Timeline of Taiwan's nuclear program
Timeline_of_Taiwan's_nuclear_program
American heavy military transport aircraft
disaster relief, and supported the US space program. In 1961, several aircraft companies began studying heavy jet transport designs that would replace the
Lockheed_C-5_Galaxy
Nuclear research complex in Khushab, Pakistan
the Project-Directors for the reactor and the heavy water plant respectively. According to a Pakistani press report this reactor began operating in early
Khushab_Nuclear_complex
Functional programming language
compared with other similar systems such as Rocq, is heavy reliance on metavariables for program construction. For example, one can write functions like
Agda_(programming_language)
American heavy tank
Soviet heavy tanks, such as IS-2 or IS-3. The T30 was designed at the same time as the T29 Heavy Tank. The poor results of the Heavy Tank M6 program led
T30_heavy_tank
Variant of the Delta IV space launch vehicle
The Delta IV Heavy (Delta 9250H) was an expendable heavy-lift launch vehicle, the largest member of the Delta IV family. Following the retirement of the
Delta_IV_Heavy
Research project in Nazi Germany
invasion of Poland. The program eventually expanded into three main efforts: Uranmaschine (nuclear reactor) development, uranium and heavy water production,
German nuclear program during World War II
German_nuclear_program_during_World_War_II
American 155 mm self propelled artillery project
SPH 1. 2QFY02 Program discontinued. In October 1999, Army Chief of Staff Eric Shinseki outlined a future that envisioned transforming heavy brigades into
XM2001_Crusader
First successful launch attempt of Falcon Heavy rocket
The Falcon Heavy test flight (also known as the Falcon Heavy demonstration mission) was the first attempt by SpaceX to launch a Falcon Heavy rocket on
Falcon_Heavy_test_flight
Cancelled regional jet airliner project by Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation
2014. "MHI Officially Launches Mitsubishi Regional Jet Program" (Press release). Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. 28 March 2008. Polek, Gregory (27 March 2008)
Mitsubishi_SpaceJet
Historic launch pad operated by NASA and SpaceX
been leased by SpaceX and supports launches of the Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy rockets. As of November 2025, SpaceX is expanding the site to support Starship
Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A
Kennedy_Space_Center_Launch_Complex_39A
Programming language learning environment
Scratch is a high-level, block-based visual programming language and website aimed primarily at children as an educational tool, with a target audience
Scratch (programming language)
Scratch_(programming_language)
Program to produce eleven frigates for the Royal Australian Navy
run as a standard RAN acquisition program. On 7 November 2024, it was reported that bids from Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Germany's TKMS were
Australian general purpose frigate program
Australian_general_purpose_frigate_program
Effort by SpaceX to make rockets that can fly multiple times
conceptual Mars colonization program, Musk described the Mars Colonial Transporter. He envisioned it as a reusable super heavy-lift launch vehicle that could
SpaceX reusable launch system development program
SpaceX_reusable_launch_system_development_program
Upcoming crewed mission of the Artemis program
III is an upcoming crewed spaceflight mission of the NASA-led Artemis program. Planned for 2027, the mission is designed as a demonstration flight in
Artemis_III
Method to solve optimization problems
importance of convexity and its generalizations. Likewise, linear programming was heavily used in the early formation of microeconomics, and it is currently
Linear_programming
American journalist and Meet the Press host
host of the prestigious public affairs program Meet the Press. He and journalist Martha Rountree founded the program as promotion for Spivak's magazine,
Lawrence_Spivak
Order, New York, New York: Olive Branch Press, ISBN 978-1-56656-115-0 Milhollin, Gary (Winter 1987–1988), "Heavy Water Cheaters", Foreign Policy (69): 100–119
Israel_and_nuclear_weapons
American space and aeronautics agency
U.S. federal government responsible for the United States' civil space program and for research in aeronautics and space. Headquartered in Washington
NASA
Soviet heavy self-propelled mortar
(Russian: "2Б1 Ока" - "Oka River"), is a Soviet 420 mm (17 in) self-propelled heavy mortar. 2B1 is its GRAU designation. It was designed to deliver tactical
2B1_Oka
South Korean submarine class
and HD Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI). The KSS-III is the final phase of the Korean Attack Submarine program, a three-phased program to build 27 attack
Dosan Ahn Changho-class submarine
Dosan_Ahn_Changho-class_submarine
Soviet super heavy-lift launch vehicle (1965–1972)
Raketa-nositel', "Carrier Rocket"; Cyrillic: Н1) was a super heavy-lift launch vehicle of the Soviet space program intended for crewed travel to the Moon and beyond
N1_(rocket)
variant Falcon 9 Block 5 has launched 603 times since May 2018. Falcon Heavy, a heavy-lift derivative of Falcon 9, combining a strengthened central core with
List of Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launches
List_of_Falcon_9_and_Falcon_Heavy_launches
South Korean conglomerate holding company
sold to Lotte Group in 2001 CJ Investment & Securities - sold to Hyundai Heavy Industries Group in 2008, then sold again to DGB Financial Group in 2018
CJ_Group
the fueling process before a static fire test was set to occur. Falcon Heavy was launched three times, all successful. The first Falcon 9 version, Falcon
List of Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launches (2010–2019)
List_of_Falcon_9_and_Falcon_Heavy_launches_(2010–2019)
Aerospace subsidiary of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
2015. "Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to Acquire Canadair Regional Jet Program from Bombardier Inc" (Press release). Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. 25 June
Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation
Mitsubishi_Aircraft_Corporation
American heavy metal band
Ice Nine Kills is an American heavy metal band from Boston, Massachusetts. The band's music is primarily described as horror-themed metalcore, but incorporates
Ice_Nine_Kills
Proposed American battleship class
development costs. Its classification as a battleship is debated, as it lacks the heavy armor and large-caliber naval guns typical of historical battleships. The
Trump-class_battleship
Harmful effects of certain metals
(1 ed.). Oxford: Oxford Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0-19-960599-6. Gadd GM, Griffiths AJ (1 December 1977). "Microorganisms and heavy metal toxicity". Microbial
Metal_toxicity
American news and talk television show
television show that airs weekdays from 7:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. on NBC. The program debuted on January 14, 1952. It was the first of its genre on American
Today_(American_TV_program)
SpaceX family of liquid-fuel rocket engines
orbital rocket engines SpaceX Mars program SpaceX rocket engines SpaceX Starship (spacecraft) SpaceX Super Heavy Starship HLS SpaceX Starbase Sierra
SpaceX_Raptor
Infantry fighting vehicle
Guard Heavy Brigade Combat Teams. In 2011, the Army selected BAE Systems and General Dynamics Land Systems to move forward with the GCV program. The program
Ground_Combat_Vehicle
American reality documentary police series
network to carry the program. When the 1988 Writers Guild of America strike forced networks to find other kinds of programming, the young Fox Television
Cops_(TV_program)
Language for controlling a computer
government invested heavily into the so-called fifth-generation languages that added support for concurrency to logic programming constructs, but these
Programming_language
SpaceX private launch site
Programmatic Environmental Assessment for the SpaceX Starship/Super Heavy Launch Vehicle Program at the SpaceX Boca Chica Launch Site in Cameron County, Texas"
SpaceX_Starbase
Class of Japanese stealth frigates
capabilities", as well as a new radar system for the destroyer. In 2015, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) unveiled the frigate's first concept model (30FF), which
Mogami-class_frigate
National space program of North Korea
The North Korean space program is the program of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, commonly known as North Korea, to develop its space capabilities
North_Korean_space_program
Attack helicopter prototype (1996–2004)
the program entered its $3.1 billion engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) phase. However, during 2002, the Comanche program underwent heavy restructuring;
Boeing–Sikorsky RAH-66 Comanche
Boeing–Sikorsky_RAH-66_Comanche
General-purpose programming language
C# (/ˌsiː ˈʃɑːrp/ see SHARP) is a general-purpose high-level programming language supporting multiple paradigms. C# encompasses static typing, strong
C Sharp (programming language)
C_Sharp_(programming_language)
U.S. military program to develop small arms
fire-control systems. The program's support weapon, referred to as NGSW-AR, was required to be no longer than 35 in (890 mm); no heavier than 12 lb (5.4 kg)
Next_Generation_Squad_Weapon
First integrated test launch of SpaceX Starship
"integrated flight test," meaning it was the first time that the Super Heavy booster and the Starship spacecraft flew together as a fully integrated
Starship_flight_test_1
2024 single by Linkin Park
"Heavy Is the Crown" is a song by American rock band Linkin Park. It was released on September 24, 2024, as the second single from the band's eighth studio
Heavy Is the Crown (Linkin Park song)
Heavy_Is_the_Crown_(Linkin_Park_song)
1990. China substantially aided Pakistan's nuclear weapons program, and influenced the programs of India and Taiwan. Like other CTBT adherents, China is
Nuclear_weapons_of_China
The French space program includes both civil and military spaceflight activities. It is the third oldest national space program in the world, after the
French_space_program
Soviet program that explored Venus with multiple probes
The Venera program (Russian: Вене́ра, pronounced [vʲɪˈnʲɛrə] 'Venus') was a series of space probes developed by the Soviet Union between 1961 and 1984
Venera_program
British heavy tank
Conqueror's origins trace back to the initiation of the A45 program in 1944, for a heavy infantry tank to complement the A41. This new design was to be
Conqueror_(tank)
US Air Force advanced trainer acquisition program
The T-X program is a United States Air Force development and acquisition program for a new two-seat jet trainer to replace the Northrop T-38 Talon. On
T-X_program
Information provided for public relations
companies to heavily rely on press releases to create stories. Any information deliberately sent to a reporter or media source is considered a press release
Press_release
Index of articles associated with the same name
2018. "Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to Acquire Canadair Regional Jet Program from Bombardier Inc" (Press release). Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. June 25
Bombardier_CRJ
US DoD space access program
for their Space Test Program.[unreliable source?] The STP-2 (DoD Space Test Program) payload launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy on 25 June 2019.[clarification
Space_Test_Program
Tabletop role-playing game and video game
Heavy Gear is a mecha science fiction game universe published since 1994 by Canadian publisher Dream Pod 9. It includes a tabletop tactical wargame, a
Heavy_Gear
World War II heavy water production program
Manhattan Project's heavy water production program. The Cominco operation at Trail, British Columbia, was upgraded to produce heavy water. DuPont built
P-9_Project
Hydrogen-oxygen rocket engine for the Delta IV
dropped as part of the cancellation of the Constellation program in 2010. NASA's current successor heavy-lift vehicle, the Space Launch System, uses four RS-25
RS-68
American aerospace company
developed heavy-lift launch vehicle will use two of the 2,400 kN (550,000 lbf) BE-4 engines on each first stage. The engine development program for the
Blue_Origin
Planned expansion of the U.S. Northeast Corridor
The Gateway Program is an ongoing expansion and renovation of the Northeast Corridor (NEC) rail line between Newark, New Jersey, and New York City along
Gateway Program (Northeast Corridor)
Gateway_Program_(Northeast_Corridor)
HEAVY PRESS-PROGRAM
HEAVY PRESS-PROGRAM
Girl/Female
Biblical
Heavy, weighty.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : unexplained.German : from a short form of the personal name Andreas (see Andrew).German : from a short form of the female personal name Theres(e).German : variant of Dress.Jewish : unexplained.
Girl/Female
Biblical
Purity, cleansing, press.
Biblical
a wine-press
Boy/Male
British, English
Heavy
Surname or Lastname
English (northern)
English (northern) : variant of Priest.
Girl/Female
Irish
Graceful.
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, English
From the Slope Land
Surname or Lastname
English or Scottish
English or Scottish : unexplained.
Girl/Female
Biblical
A wine-press.
Girl/Female
Biblical
A wine-press.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Priest.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : metonymic occupational name for someone who ironed clothes, from Yiddish pres ‘flat iron’.
Boy/Male
Indian
Active
Biblical
purity; cleansing; press
Boy/Male
Muslim
Heavy
Surname or Lastname
English
English : possibly a hypercorrected form of Eady.
Female
English
Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Caoimhe, KEAVY means "beloved, comely."Â
Girl/Female
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian
Heavy Rain
Boy/Male
Indian
Heavy
Biblical
a wine-press
HEAVY PRESS-PROGRAM
HEAVY PRESS-PROGRAM
Boy/Male
Native American
White crow or white antelope.
Girl/Female
Hebrew
Sparkle.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Balachandran | பலாசாநà¯à®¤à¯à®°à®£Â
Moon crested Lord
Boy/Male
Tamil
Guru Gugan | கà¯à®°à¯ கà¯à®•நÂ
Master of tribes
Surname or Lastname
French
French : from the Old French word goi (Latin gubia) denoting a type of bill hook or knife used by vine-growers or coopers, hence possibly a metonymic occupational name for a maker or user of such implements.English (of Norman origin) : habitational name from any of various places in France named Gouy, for example in Aisne or Pas-de-Calais.Galician : probably a habitational name from Goy in Lugo province, Galicia.German : northwestern variant of Gau.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Salter.
Girl/Female
English
From the Latin Cecilia: blind. The blind St. Cecilie - patron saint of music - was a talented...
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived at the top of a hill or on a piece of raised ground, from Middle English heyt ‘summit’, ‘height’.
Girl/Female
German, Norse, Swedish
Protected; Strength of the Spear; Beloved Warrior
Boy/Male
English American
Wolf shield. More commonly found as a surname.
HEAVY PRESS-PROGRAM
HEAVY PRESS-PROGRAM
HEAVY PRESS-PROGRAM
HEAVY PRESS-PROGRAM
HEAVY PRESS-PROGRAM
n.
An upright case or closet for the safe keeping of articles; as, a clothes press.
superl.
Heaved or lifted with labor; not light; weighty; ponderous; as, a heavy stone; hence, sometimes, large in extent, quantity, or effects; as, a heavy fall of rain or snow; a heavy failure; heavy business transactions, etc.; often implying strength; as, a heavy barrier; also, difficult to move; as, a heavy draught.
n.
Specifically, a printing press.
n.
Press; throng.
a.
Wearing heavy or complete armor; carrying heavy arms.
superl.
Not easy to bear; burdensome; oppressive; hard to endure or accomplish; hence, grievous, afflictive; as, heavy yokes, expenses, undertakings, trials, news, etc.
adv.
Heavily; -- sometimes used in composition; as, heavy-laden.
superl.
Slow; sluggish; inactive; or lifeless, dull, inanimate, stupid; as, a heavy gait, looks, manners, style, and the like; a heavy writer or book.
v. t.
To make heavy.
superl.
Not raised or made light; as, heavy bread.
superl.
Strong; violent; forcible; as, a heavy sea, storm, cannonade, and the like.
v.
To drive with violence; to hurry; to urge on; to ply hard; as, to press a horse in a race.
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.
v. t.
To adjust; to put in good order; to arrange; specifically: (a) To prepare for use; to fit for any use; to render suitable for an intended purpose; to get ready; as, to dress a slain animal; to dress meat; to dress leather or cloth; to dress or trim a lamp; to dress a garden; to dress a horse, by currying and rubbing; to dress grain, by cleansing it; in mining and metallurgy, to dress ores, by sorting and separating them.
n.
Urgent demands of business or affairs; urgency; as, a press of engagements.
n.
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.
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.
superl.
Loud; deep; -- said of sound; as, heavy thunder.
superl.
Impeding motion; cloggy; clayey; -- said of earth; as, a heavy road, soil, and the like.