presses

Urges with insistence

Presses is the plural of press and the third-person singular verb form.

A press is a device that applies pressure—a printing press, a wine press, a pants press.

The press means journalists collectively: The presses are reporting on the scandal.

To press is to push, squeeze, or urge: She presses her case, Time presses.

He presses his shirt before every interview.

weightlifting

bench

Shared seating surface

shoulder · chest · incline · decline · military · push · floor · reps · sets · spotter

machine

hydraulic

Relating to pressurized liquids

stamping · forging · mechanical · pneumatic · industrial · metal · sheet · brake · transfer · platen

printing

newspaper

Printed periodical of current events

offset · typeset · ink · proof · edition · broadsheet · tabloid · journalist · media · release

verb

pushes

Applies force outward

irons · smooths · urges · insists · advocates · pleads · entreats · implores · advances · forward

Categories
Opposites
physical force direction

pressespulls

Draws toward oneself

withdraws · retracts · releases · lifts · lets go

fabric/material treatment

presseswrinkles

Surface lines from folding

crumples · crinkles · creases · rumples · scrunches

compression vs. expansion

pressesreleases

Lets go or publishes

loosens · expands · decompresses · unpacks · spreads

Phrases
Family

press, express, pressure, pressing, expression, impress, impression, pressed, depression

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