press out

English

Verb

press out (third-person singular simple present presses out, present participle pressing out, simple past and past participle pressed out)

1. Extinguish by crushing, as a cigar.
2. Obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action.

   Italians press out coffee rather than filter it.

3. Press from plastic, as of records.
4. Break (a pre-cut piece) out of a larger form, as of die-cut cardboard shapes.

Synonyms

• crush out, express, extinguish, extract, press, stub out.

Anagrams

• Stroupes, outpress, postures, septuors, spouters