What is the meaning of PRESS. Phrases containing PRESS
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Press and scratch was old London Cockney rhyming slang for a match.
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Press is slang for cocaine.
Press the flesh is Black−American slang for shake hands.
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The watertight, pressure-bearing structure that makes up the living and working area of a submarine.
Move over GI Joe (and Jane), this exercise is key for anyone looking for some serious overhead strength. From a standing position, with an overhand grip, press the barbell upward until arms are fully extended overhead (be careful not to lean too far back during the lift). Lower back down to the shoulders and repeat.
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One who presses clothes; as, a tailor's pressman.
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One who manages, or attends to, a press, esp. a printing press.
v. t.
To pack, or prepare for packing, by means of a press.
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The juice of the grape extracted by the press; also, a fee paid for the use of a wine press.
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One of a press gang, who aids in forcing men into the naval service; also, one forced into the service.
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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.
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The act of pressing, or the condition of being pressed; compression; a squeezing; a crushing; as, a pressure of the hand.
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Urgent; exacting; importunate; as, a pressing necessity.
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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.
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The act of pressing; pressure.
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Of or pertaining to the pressirosters.
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Fig.: Urgent; intense; as, a high-pressure business or social life.
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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 Pressman
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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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The art of printing from the surface of type, plates, or engravings in relief, by means of a press; the work so done.
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Urgency; as, the pressure of business.
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Pressing; urgent; also, oppressive; as, pressive taxation.
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Having, employing, or exerting, a low degree of pressure.
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