press

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1 1.1.1 Pronunciation 1.1.2 Noun 1.1.2.1 Synonyms 1.1.2.2 Derived terms 1.1.2.3 Translations 1.2 Etymology 2 1.2.1 Verb 1.2.1.1 Quotations 1.2.1.2 Derived terms 1.2.1.3 Translations 1.3 See also 1.4 References 1.5 Anagrams

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[edit] Etymology 1

Middle English presse "throng, crowd, clothespress", partially from Old English press "clothespress" from Mediaeval Latin pressa, and partially from Old French presse (Modern French presse) from Old French presser "to press" from Latin pressāre from pressus, past participle of premere "to press". Displaced native Middle English thring "press, crowd, throng" (from Old English þring "a press, crowd, anything that presses or confines").

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• Rhymes: -ɛs

[edit] Noun

press (plural presses)

1. A device used to apply pressure to an item.

   ...a flower press.

2. A collective term for the print based media (both the people and the newspapers)

   This article appeared in the press.

   ...according to a member of the press...

3. An enclosed storage space (eg closet, cupboard).

   Put the cups in the press.

4. General term for a printing machine.

   Stop the presses!

5. (weightlifting) An exercise in which weight is forced away from the body by extension of the arms or legs.
   • 1974, Charles Gaines & George Butler, Pumping Iron: The Art and Sport of Bodybuilding, page 22.

     This is the fourth set of benchpresses. There will be five more; then there will be five sets of presses on an inclined bench […]

[edit] Synonyms

• (storage space): closet, cupboard, wardrobe (British)
• (printing machine): printing press

[edit] Derived terms

• bench press
• fruit press
• press cake
• press-mark
• shoulder press
• trouser press

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[edit] Etymology 2

Middle English pressen "to crowd, thring, press" from Old French presser "to press" (Modern French presser) from Latin pressāre from pressus, past participle of premere "to press". Displaced native Middle English thringen "to press, crowd, throng" (from Old English þringan "to press, crowd"), Middle English thrasten "to press, force, urge" (from Old English þrǣstan "to press, force"), Old English þryscan "to press", Old English þȳwan "to press, impress".

[edit] Verb

to press (third-person singular simple present presses, present participle pressing, simple past and past participle pressed or prest^[1])

1. To apply pressure to an item.

   Press any key.

[edit] Quotations

• For examples of the usage of this term see the citations page.

[edit] Derived terms

• press charges
• press on

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[edit] See also

• hot press (baking, laundry)
• hot off the press (printing)
• press down

[edit] References

• Notes:

1. ^ Entry for the imperfect and past participle in Webster's dictionary

[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of eprss
• RESPs