Presses is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for PRESSES in dictionary:

VERB:
• PRESS, to compress or squeeze
• move or cause to move into a position of contact with something by exerting continuous physical force
• exert continuous physical force on (something), typically in order to operate a device
• move in a specified direction by pushing
• (of an enemy or opponent) attack persistently and fiercely
• apply pressure to (something) to flatten, shape, or smooth it, typically by ironing
• apply pressure to (a flower or leaf) between sheets of paper in order to dry and preserve it.
• extract (juice or oil) by crushing or squeezing fruit, vegetables, etc.
• squeeze or crush (fruit, vegetables, etc.) to extract the juice or oil
• manufacture (something, especially a record) by moulding under pressure
• forcefully put forward (an opinion, claim, or course of action)
• make strong efforts to persuade or force (someone) to do something
• insist that (someone) accepts an offer or gift
• (of time) be in short supply, necessitating immediate action
• have barely enough of something, especially time
• have difficulty doing or achieving something
• raise (a specified weight) by lifting it to shoulder height and then gradually pushing it upwards above the head.
• try too hard to achieve distance with a shot, at the risk of inaccuracy.
• put someone or something to a specified use, especially as a temporary or makeshift measure
• force (a man) to enlist in the army or navy.
• squeeze (someone's arm or hand) as a sign of affection
• continue in one's action
NOUN:
• a device for applying pressure to something in order to flatten or shape it or to extract juice or oil
• a machine that applies pressure to a workpiece by means of a tool, in order to punch shapes.
• a printing press.
• a business that prints or publishes books
• newspapers or journalists viewed collectively
• coverage in newspapers and magazines
• an act of pressing something
• a closely packed crowd or mass of people or things
• pressure of business.
• any of various forms of close guarding by the defending team.
• an act of raising a weight to shoulder height and then gradually pushing it upwards above the head.
• a large cupboard.
• a forcible enlistment of men, especially for the navy.
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• to act upon with steady force

Words related to PRESSES

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Words that contain PRESSES

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How to use PRESSES in a sentence

• Marvin again and directed him to have the presses and machinery equipped to run by electricity.
• For three months the King presses the siege, surrounding the fortress on all sides.
• Lemon, deputy keeper of the state-papers, in the course of his researches among the presses of his office, met with a large Latin manuscript.
• In order to detain the lady, he presses for the day.
• Cyril speaks of the discipline of sorrow, and presses a spiked cross under his clothes into his side.
• Makes tables, chairs, and presses, and other things to furnish houses with.
• Provisions are to some extent protected from them, by placing the legs of the tables and presses in plates filled with water.
• Week by week more of the socialist papers were barred from the mails, and in a number of instances the Black Hundreds destroyed the socialist presses.
• The presses of the newspapers roared through the nights, and many a priest of this church and that would not open his holy building to further what he considered a foolish panic.
• The British ambassador presses the Grand Duke of Tuscany to join the allies.
• The first thing that presses upon my attention is the Poor Law Amendment Act.
• Next come the presses of Italy, France, Holland and England, arranged in like order.
• At once national schools were opened, and books and papers came from Albanian presses.
• Close the Bible House, printing presses, and schools of America, and real estate would not be worth much more than in Asia.
• From its printing presses thousands of copies of the Word of Life issue to all the various populations of the Turkish Empire.
• But why endeavor to look ahead when seeing is impossible? At present, what really presses is the necessity that you should eat and drink.
• Soon the basement of the house at Port Huron was filled with many things beside printing presses.
• Half kneeling, she presses her lips to the wound in the left hand.
• She is leaning forward towards the couch, and presses both hands against her face.
• It is a very unnatural man who does not feel at any rate more inclined to pray when danger abounds and anxiety presses, than at other times.
• He has hitherto proceeded on a walk, but now he presses on at a trot.
• He will not accept a catalogue of the admitted virtues as a definition of virtue, and presses for some common, or defining attribute.
• John bows, and presses his uninjured hand upon his heart, bows again, and retires.
• What monotony there is in the ministry of many! Duty presses on the heels of duty in an endless circle.
• He merely felt round the walls, opened the presses and closets, but did not disturb the bed furniture.

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