Word Finder - pressed

definition

To exert weight or force against, to act upon with force or weight; to exert pressure upon.

definition

To activate a button or key by exerting a downward or forward force on it, and then releasing it.

synonyms

• depress
• hit
• strike

definition

To compress, squeeze.

example

to press fruit for the purpose of extracting the juice

synonyms

• thring
• thrutch

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To clasp, hold in an embrace.

synonyms

• hug

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To reduce to a particular shape or form by pressure, especially flatten or smooth.

example

to press a hat

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To flatten a selected area of fabric using an iron with an up-and-down, not sliding, motion, so as to avoid disturbing adjacent areas.

definition

To drive or thrust by pressure, to force in a certain direction.

example

to press a crowd back

synonyms

• thring
• thrutch

definition

To weigh upon, oppress, trouble.

definition

To force to a certain end or result; to urge strongly.

synonyms

• impel

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To try to force (something upon someone).

example

to press the Bible on an audience

synonyms

• inculcate
• urge

definition

To hasten, urge onward.

example

to press a horse in a race

definition

To urge, beseech, entreat.

definition

To lay stress upon.

synonyms

• emphasize

definition

To throng, crowd.

synonyms

• thring
• thrutch

definition

To print.

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To force into service, particularly into naval service.

synonyms

• press-gang

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Under strain or deprivation

example

He found himself hard pressed.

definition

Recruited by a press gang

I knew he was squirming but I pressed on.

She pressed her back to the railing.

He pressed her against the wall, moving against her slowly while intensifying the kiss.

She stumbled but pressed herself to keep up, in case he left her there and she was trapped.

She pressed her ear to the door.

She pressed herself against the door, almost wishing Romas would discover them.

He wrapped a thick arm around her and pulled her against him until her back was pressed against his chest.

His eyes scoured her face, lingered on the plump lips he had tasted, and glanced lower at the healthy bosom pressed to his chest.

She calmed in his arms, and he focused on comforting her and not his awareness of her soft body pressed against him.

He paused before one and pressed his hand to a keypad.

She pressed one button, then another, struggling to understand the symbols that popped up on the screen in response.

She was pressed against the ceiling despite the gravity controller in the pod.

Dean tried to minimize Edith's story but Fred pressed them until Cynthia related, in broad detail, all Edith had told them.

He looked over at her, still pressed against the door.

I never pressed him about it in the fifteen years we roomed together.

He turned but she pressed her open mouth against his lips, muffling his words, fiercely kissing him.

She turned and in one motion straddled him, pinning his arms above his head, the heat of her body pressed against him.

Dean had a fleeting sense of relief that Corday hadn't pressed him for Cynthia's address.

I don't know about forever, but you'd be hard pressed to find a better view.

She did not pull away tonight, but pressed her body to his and he felt her pulse quickening.

He pressed his fingers into his temples.

When the song ended, she started to pull away, but he pressed against her.

Jackson almost pressed her to stay again, but did not wish their night to be ruined by an argument.

Her heart pounded wildly as she pressed closer.

She glanced up at him and he pressed his warm palm against hers.

His lips pressed warmly against hers briefly and then he drew back to look into her eyes.

His clothing was pressed and his appearance spry despite his almost sixty years.

Their kissing turned to petting, and he pressed her back onto the couch.

He stopped at one and pressed his thumb to the keypad.

She pressed the meat of her palms to her eyes.

They were pressed and waiting for her, as if no one had told them her life had changed.

They were well armed and their uniforms pressed and clean.

He gripped the bars of his cell and pressed his face against them, trying to see into the neighboring cells.

Hunter' desk was on the second floor, tightly squeezed between two others where uniformed offices sat with telephones pressed to their ears.

I'm hard pressed to figure why any man in his right mind would dump her.

Instead they ask me if I want some Burmese Rain forest mixture or some leaves pressed by cloistered nuns in Nepal.

He said he was pressed for time and declined.

When Dean returned to the motel, the adjoining doors were open and Cynthia Byrne sat on the edge of her bed with one hand holding a phone and the other with a wet face cloth pressed to her forehead.

He pressed her further about Arthur and she finally answered.

Dean could hear him jump up and he felt the left handcuff being unfastened and a key being pressed into his hand.

His groan brought an echo from the depths of her soul and she pressed closer.

When his fingers laced through hers and his palms pressed her hands against the wall next to her face, his kisses became ardent.

His hand caressed hers and pressed it to his chest.

He pressed down on her stomach.

He wiped the tears from his face with his shirtsleeve as he pressed the button.

Jenn knelt beside him and pressed her fingers to his neck.

He tightened his grip until their bodies were pressed together, determined to feel her soft curves.

He heard nothing to indicate danger, but the heat grew steadily with their bodies pressed together.

If Hilden pressed an issue, she would listen.

The beast pressed against its boundaries, and one hand fluttered to her chest.