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    [Noun]  | "press" | \ ˈpres \


    1: a crowd or crowded condition : throng

    2: a thronging or crowding forward or together

    3: an apparatus or machine by which a substance is cut or shaped, an impression of a body is taken, a material is compressed, pressure is applied to a body, liquid is expressed, or a cutting tool is fed into the work by pressure

    Origin: 13th century ;

     Middle English presse, from Anglo-French, from presser to press;

    [Noun]  | "press" 


    1: impressment into service especially in a navy

    2: a warrant for impressing recruits

    Origin: 1599 ;

    [Noun]  | "press agent" 


    1: an agent employed to establish and maintain good public relations through publicity

    Origin: 1883 ;

     {see: |press:1|press:1};

    [Noun]  | "press box" 


    1: a space reserved for reporters (as at a stadium)

    Origin: 1889 ;

    [Noun]  | "press cloth" 


    1: a cloth used between an iron and a garment

    Origin: 1899 ;

    [Noun]  | "press conference" 


    1: an interview or announcement given by a public figure to the press by appointment

    Origin: 1937 ;

    [Noun]  | "press-gang" | \ ˈpres-ˌgaŋ \


    1: a detachment of men under command of an officer empowered to force men into military or naval service

    Origin: 1693 ;

     {see: |press:4|press:4};

    [Noun]  | "press kit" 


    1: a collection of promotional materials for distribution to the press

    Origin: 1968 ;

    [Verb]  | "press" 


    1: to act upon through steady pushing or thrusting force exerted in contact : squeeze

    2: assail, harass

    3: afflict, oppress

    Origin: 14th century ;

     Middle English, from Anglo-French presser, from Latin pressare, frequentative of premere to press; probably akin to Russian naperet' to press;

    [Verb]  | "press" 


    1: to force into service especially in an army or navy : impress

    2: to take by authority especially for public use : commandeer

    3: to take and force into any usually emergency service

    Origin: 1578 ;

     Alteration of obsolete prest to enlist by giving pay in advance;

    [Noun]  | "press" 


    1: a built-in space for storage behind a door;


      * e.g., " ... put the towels in the linen press "



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    2: a great number of persons or creatures massed together;


      * e.g., " ... he pushed his way through the press of people outside the courthouse "



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    3: a storage case typically having doors and shelves;


      * e.g., " ... originally designed as a press for clothes, it now serves to hide the bedroom TV "



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    [Verb]  | "press" 


    1: to take or make use of under a guise of authority but without actual right;


      * e.g., " ... the fleeing bank robber pressed a nearby taxi into service as a getaway car "



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    [Verb]  | "press" 


    1: to push steadily against with some force;


      * e.g., " ... an old doorbell that requires you to press the button hard "




    2: to apply external pressure on so as to force out the juice or contents of;


      * e.g., " ... my family will only drink juice from freshly pressed oranges "



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    3: to gather into a closely packed group;


      * e.g., " ... everyone pressed around me to see the pictures "



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    [Verb]  | "press (for)" 


    1: to ask for (something) earnestly or with authority;


      * e.g., " ... workers pressing for higher wages and better working conditions "



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     [ "press" ]

    1: to be overly excited, or very anxious to do something; to be bent on seeing or talking to someone; to be in a rush or hurry to get some where

      * e.g.,  ... stop being so press to see that concert. 

     [ "press" ]

    2: commonly used in the D.C. and Maryland area

      * e.g.,  ... you pressed as hell to talk to him, you've called him 10 times already. 

     [ "press" ]

    1: To give press- to have sex

      * e.g.,  ... i gave him/her press 

     [ "press" ]

    1: to have sex with..

      * e.g.,  ... i would press her you know. yeah she's decent she'd get pressed. 

     [ "press" ]

    1: To straighten hair(usually african american or some version thereof's) hair using extreme heat. The heat source is usually an iron comb that has been heated over an open flame. Yes, it is as dangerous and damaging as it sounds...Can result in 3rd degree burns to the scalp and/or neck,depending on how experinced the presser is.

      * e.g.,  ... Girl, I need to get big mama to press my hair before the weekend!! 

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    1: it's like a cupboard only it's a press.

      * e.g.,  ... the plates go in the press. 

     [ "press" ]

    1: extremely potent marijuana usually compressed into tight buds.

      * e.g.,  ... Man, my boy had that press the other day. 

     [ "press" ]

    1: To try and pull someone or to pull them. To get your press on.

      * e.g.,  ... Preston and Manny were blatantly trying to press that sic girl. 

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    1: Something you do to clothes.

      * e.g.,  ... Shit, i need to go get my clothes pressed before they close! 

     [ "press" ]

    1: to be depressed, stress

      * e.g.,  ... dat baby press her boyfriend cut her 

     [ "press" ]

    1: Someone who is very strict, who follows the rules word for word, which makes them annoying.

      * e.g.,  ... Why you being so press. 

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