Pressing is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for PRESSING in dictionary:

VERB:
• 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:
• an article made from the same mould
• 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.
• the act of pressing; the exertion of pressure
• a metal or plastic part that is made by a mechanical press
• large number of gramophone records produced at one time
ADJECTIVE:
• Urgent; exacting; importunate; as, a pressing necessity.
• compelling immediate action
• urgent
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• to act upon with steady force
• an instance of stamping with a press

Words related to PRESSING

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How to use PRESSING in a sentence

• A positive thing will surely be seen, and they who have the highest claims are the least disposed to be always pressing them on the attention of the world.
• It aimed not only to represent life but to correct it, and to offer a solution to pressing moral and social problems.
• And she agreed gaily, not sulky now, but pressing close to him, happy to hang on his arm.
• Cleopatra, looking back from the deck of her vessel, saw this swift galley pressing on toward her.
• In 1649 he yielded to pressing invitations from Queen Christina of Sweden and removed to Stockholm.
• The pressing practical calls of life, in a new country, where there is no hereditary wealth, appear to furnish a valid reason for this.
• It seemed she could not bear to have any more unhappiness come pressing against her, even the unhappiness she was confident would pass away.
• To realise this pressure it will be necessary to think of a slab of iron a foot square and weighing 2,160 pounds pressing on every foot of the outer surface of the craft.
• It all meant simply that her fate was pressing her close.
• When the revolt at length takes place it is in answer to an immediate and pressing need of the whole community.
• She never lost sight of this in the pressing work and the need for money.
• In the meantime the unfortunate man hanging from the tree was becoming tired, and the rope was pressing hard around his body.
• The bar soap is first cut up into thin slabs, by pressing them against a wire fixed upon the working bench.
• Already some dozen of the half-nude savages had forced themselves across the embankment, and more were pressing on behind.
• These Swedes now are pressing the siege of our town so hard that we cannot possibly hold out for long.
• Before their terrific attack, with the British steadily pressing beside them, General Von Stein admitted his defeat by the white and black allies.
• Let the King of France make a league with him, and between them, pressing from east and west, they would accomplish the holy task.
• It was produced at the court-martial in my defence, and the torn edge shown, with the marks on the next page made by pressing down heavily with a blunt pencil.
• Young girls who suffer from atrophy are first made to stand for some hours daily in the sheds when the wine pressing is going forward.
• Be very careful about pressing braids or adding moisture as it ruins some braids, while others must be moistened before they can be handled in sewing to a hat frame.
• Skilled hands are plenty and pressing to man the enterprise.
• We were steadily pressing them, rather with a design of driving them across the Potomac without further fighting, than of bringing on an engagement.
• It was necessary, now, to consider the most pressing wants.
• Weldon could only reply by pressing him to her heart, while covering him with kisses.
• The sultan irritated doubtless at the shameful result of his grand expedition against Coonia, felt also another and more pressing fear.
• Here their carriers dropped their loads, nor could they be induced to resume them by the most pressing solicitations.
• My head was on his breast, and he was pressing back my wet hair with strong and tender hands.
• The work of expression, the creation of a fabulous environment to derive experience from, is not, however, the first or most pressing operation employing the religious mind.
• In the earliest times we find the Negroes in the valley of the Nile, pressing downward from the interior.

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