press

US /prɛs/

UK /pres/

A2

noun

  • Machine using pressure to shape, flatten, squeeze
  • General term for TV, radio, newspapers
  • A machine that prints books and newspapers

verb

  • To make clothes smooth using a heated iron; iron
  • To repeatedly ask someone to do something
  • To print something such as a book or newspaper
  • To push something against something else
  • To squeeze the liquid out of grapes, etc.

Examples

She pressed on the doorbell.

The crowd pressed forward. She pressed her lips together.