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Adjective: pressing presing- Compelling immediate action
"too pressing to permit of longer delay" - urgent Noun: pressing presing- The act of pressing; the exertion of pressure
"at the pressing of a button" - press, pressure - A metal or plastic part that is made by a mechanical press
Verb: press pres- Exert pressure or force to or upon
"He pressed down on the boards"; "press your thumb on this spot" - Force or impel in an indicated direction
- urge, urge on, exhort - To be oppressive or burdensome
"Something pressed on his mind" - weigh - Place between two surfaces and apply weight or pressure
"pressed flowers" - Squeeze or press together
- compress, constrict, squeeze, compact, contract - Crowd closely
"The crowds pressed along the street" - Create by pressing
"Press little holes into the soft clay" - Be urgent
"This is a pressing problem" - Exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for
- crusade, fight, campaign, push, agitate - Press from a plastic
"press a record" - press out - Make strenuous pushing movements during birth to expel the baby
- push - Press and smooth with a heated iron
"press your shirts" - iron, iron out - Lift weights
"This guy can press 300 pounds" - weight-lift, weightlift - Ask for or request earnestly
- bid, beseech, entreat, adjure, conjure
Derived forms: pressings See also: imperative, pressingly, pressure Type of: advertise, advertize [US, non-standard], advise, be, cast, counsel, count, create, exercise, flatten, flatten out, force, make, mass, matter, mold [N. Amer], mould [Brit, Cdn], part, plead, portion, promote, push, pushing, rede [archaic], tighten, touch, weigh, work out Encyclopedia: Press Pressing |