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pressing
Overview of noun pressing
The noun pressing has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) press, pressure, pressing -- (the act of pressing; the exertion of pressure; "he gave the button a press"; "he used pressure to stop the bleeding"; "at the pressing of a button")
2. pressing -- (a metal or plastic part that is made by a mechanical press)
Overview of verb press
The verb press has 14 senses (first 7 from tagged texts)
1. (32) press -- (exert pressure or force to or upon; "He pressed down on the boards"; "press your thumb on this spot")
2. (8) urge, urge on, press, exhort -- (force or impel in an indicated direction; "I urged him to finish his studies")
3. (2) weigh, press -- (to be oppressive or burdensome; "weigh heavily on the mind", "Something pressed on his mind")
4. (2) press -- (place between two surfaces and apply weight or pressure; "pressed flowers")
5. (2) compress, constrict, squeeze, compact, contract, press -- (squeeze or press together; "she compressed her lips"; "the spasm contracted the muscle")
6. (1) press -- (crowd closely; "The crowds pressed along the street")
7. (1) press -- (create by pressing; "Press little holes into the soft clay")
8. press -- (be urgent; "This is a pressing problem")
9. crusade, fight, press, campaign, push, agitate -- (exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for; "The liberal party pushed for reforms"; "She is crusading for women's rights"; "The Dean is pushing for his favorite candidate")
10. press, press out -- (press from a plastic; "press a record")
11. press, push -- (make strenuous pushing movements during birth to expel the baby; "`Now push hard,' said the doctor to the woman")
12. iron, iron out, press -- (press and smooth with a heated iron; "press your shirts"; "she stood there ironing")
13. weight-lift, weightlift, press -- (lift weights; "This guy can press 300 pounds")
14. bid, beseech, entreat, adjure, press, conjure -- (ask for or request earnestly; "The prophet bid all people to become good persons")
Overview of adj pressing
The adj pressing has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (3) pressing, urgent -- (compelling immediate action; "too pressing to permit of longer delay"; "the urgent words `Hurry! Hurry!'"; "bridges in urgent need of repair")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun pressing
2 senses of pressing
Sense 1
press, pressure, pressing
=> push, pushing
=> propulsion, actuation
=> deed, feat, effort, exploit
=> accomplishment, achievement
=> action
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
pressing
=> part, portion
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun pressing
1 of 2 senses of pressing
Sense 1
press, pressure, pressing
=> impression
=> compression, compressing
=> decompression, decompressing
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun pressing
2 senses of pressing
Sense 1
press, pressure, pressing
=> push, pushing
Sense 2
pressing
=> part, portion
Antonyms of noun pressing
Member Holonyms of noun pressing
Substance Holonyms of noun pressing
Part Holonyms of noun pressing
Member Meronyms of noun pressing
Substance Meronyms of noun pressing
Part Meronyms of noun pressing
Meronyms of noun pressing
Holonyms of noun pressing
Attributes of noun pressing
Derived Forms of noun pressing
2 senses of pressing
Sense 1
press, pressure, pressing
RELATED TO>(verb) press#5
=> compress, constrict, squeeze, compact, contract, press
RELATED TO>(verb) press#4
=> press
RELATED TO>(verb) press#1
=> press
Sense 2
pressing
RELATED TO>(verb) press#10
=> press, press out
Domain of noun pressing
Domain Terms of noun pressing
Familiarity of noun pressing
pressing used as a noun is rare (polysemy count =2)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun pressing
2 senses of pressing
Sense 1
press, pressure, pressing
> push, pushing
=> depression
=> nudge, jog
=> press, pressure, pressing
=> shove
=> boost
Sense 2
pressing
> part, portion
=> appendage
=> bottleneck
=> bulb
=> butt, stub
=> component, constituent, element
=> cutout
=> foible
=> fore edge, foredge
=> forte
=> fraction
=> heel
=> hub
=> jetsam
=> limb
=> peen
=> piece
=> pressing
=> section, segment
=> shank, waist
=> spine, backbone
=> toe
=> turnout, widening
=> upstage
=> upstairs
=> wreckage
Meronyms of noun pressing
2 senses of pressing
Holonyms of noun pressing
Grep of noun pressing
compressing
decompressing
pressing
Antonyms of verb press
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb press
14 senses of press
Sense 1
press
=> touch
Sense 2
urge, urge on, press, exhort
=> rede, advise, counsel
=> hash out, discuss, talk over
=> talk of, talk about
=> talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise
=> communicate, intercommunicate
=> interact
=> act, move
Sense 3
weigh, press
=> count, matter, weigh
=> be
Sense 4
press
=> flatten, flatten out
=> change shape, change form, deform
=> change
Sense 5
compress, constrict, squeeze, compact, contract, press
=> tighten
=> change
Sense 6
press
=> mass
=> crowd, crowd together
=> meet, gather, assemble, forgather, foregather
=> interact
=> act, move
Sense 7
press
=> make, create
Sense 8
press
=> be
Sense 9
crusade, fight, press, campaign, push, agitate
=> advertise, advertize, promote, push
=> praise
=> measure, evaluate, valuate, assess, appraise, value
=> evaluate, pass judgment, judge
=> think, cogitate, cerebrate
Sense 10
press, press out
=> cast, mold, mould
=> shape, form, work, mold, mould, forge
=> create from raw material, create from raw stuff
=> make, create
Sense 11
press, push
=> push, force
=> move, displace
Sense 12
iron, iron out, press
=> press
=> flatten, flatten out
=> change shape, change form, deform
=> change
Sense 13
weight-lift, weightlift, press
=> exercise, work out
Sense 14
bid, beseech, entreat, adjure, press, conjure
=> plead
=> appeal, invoke
=> request, bespeak, call for, quest
=> communicate, pass on, pass, pass along, put across
=> convey, transmit, communicate
=> transfer
=> move, displace
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb press
5 of 14 senses of press
Sense 1
press
=> squeeze
=> squash, crush, squelch, mash, squeeze
=> crunch, cranch, craunch, grind
=> drag down, bear down, bear down on, press down on, weigh down
=> knuckle
=> push
Sense 2
urge, urge on, press, exhort
=> rush, hurry
=> push, bear on
=> preach, advocate
Sense 4
press
=> iron, iron out, press
=> calender
Sense 5
compress, constrict, squeeze, compact, contract, press
=> choke, strangle
=> prim
=> astringe
=> strangulate
=> convulse
=> convulse
=> bear down, overbear
=> choke, gag, fret
=> choke, scrag
Sense 12
iron, iron out, press
=> mangle
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb press
14 senses of press
Sense 1
press
=> touch
Sense 2
urge, urge on, press, exhort
=> rede, advise, counsel
Sense 3
weigh, press
=> count, matter, weigh
Sense 4
press
=> flatten, flatten out
Sense 5
compress, constrict, squeeze, compact, contract, press
=> tighten
Sense 6
press
=> mass
Sense 7
press
=> make, create
Sense 8
press
=> be
Sense 9
crusade, fight, press, campaign, push, agitate
=> advertise, advertize, promote, push
Sense 10
press, press out
=> cast, mold, mould
Sense 11
press, push
=> push, force
Sense 12
iron, iron out, press
=> press
Sense 13
weight-lift, weightlift, press
=> exercise, work out
Sense 14
bid, beseech, entreat, adjure, press, conjure
=> plead
'Cause To' of verb press
Derived Forms of verb press
10 of 14 senses of press
Sense 1
press
RELATED TO>(noun) press#10
=> press, pressure, pressing
RELATED TO>(noun) pressure#1
=> pressure, pressure level, force per unit area
RELATED TO>(noun) pressure#3
=> press, pressure, pressing
RELATED TO>(noun) pressing#1
=> press, pressure, pressing
Sense 2
urge, urge on, press, exhort
RELATED TO>(noun) pressure#2
=> pressure
Sense 4
press
RELATED TO>(noun) press#10
=> press, pressure, pressing
RELATED TO>(noun) pressing#1
=> press, pressure, pressing
Sense 5
compress, constrict, squeeze, compact, contract, press
RELATED TO>(noun) press#10
=> press, pressure, pressing
RELATED TO>(noun) pressing#1
=> press, pressure, pressing
Sense 6
press
RELATED TO>(noun) press#5
=> crush, jam, press
Sense 7
press
RELATED TO>(noun) press#10
=> press, pressure, pressing
RELATED TO>(noun) press#8
=> press, mechanical press
Sense 8
press
RELATED TO>(noun) pressure#4
=> imperativeness, insistence, insistency, press, pressure
Sense 10
press, press out
RELATED TO>(noun) press#8
=> press, mechanical press
RELATED TO>(noun) pressing#2
=> pressing
Sense 11
press, push
RELATED TO>(noun) press#10
=> press, pressure, pressing
Sense 13
weight-lift, weightlift, press
RELATED TO>(noun) press#9
=> press, military press
Domain of verb press
Domain Terms of verb press
Familiarity of verb press
press used as a verb is familiar (polysemy count =14)
Sample Sentences of verb press
14 senses of press
Sense 1
press
*> Something is ----ing PP
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
*> Somebody ----s something PP
*> Somebody ----s PP
Sense 2
urge, urge on, press, exhort
EX: Sam cannot press Sue
EX: They press him to write the letter
Sense 3
weigh, press
*> Something is ----ing PP
Sense 4
press
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Sense 5
compress, constrict, squeeze, compact, contract, press
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 6
press
*> Something is ----ing PP
*> Somebody ----s PP
Sense 7
press
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Sense 8
press
*> Something ----s
Sense 9
crusade, fight, press, campaign, push, agitate
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 10
press, press out
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Sense 11
press, push
*> Somebody ----s
Sense 12
iron, iron out, press
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Sense 13
weight-lift, weightlift, press
*> Somebody ----s
Sense 14
bid, beseech, entreat, adjure, press, conjure
*> Somebody ----s somebody
*> Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb press
14 senses of press
Sense 1
press
> touch
=> engage
=> touch
=> toe
=> pick up
=> strike, hit
=> finger, thumb
=> feel
=> palpate, feel
=> handle, palm
=> caress
=> hit, strike, impinge on, run into, collide with
=> brush
=> skim over, skim
=> hit
=> strike
=> kiss, buss, osculate
=> kiss
=> mouth
=> press
=> tag
Sense 2
urge, urge on, press, exhort
> rede, advise, counsel
=> urge, urge on, press, exhort
=> dissuade, deter
=> warn, discourage, admonish, monish
=> tip off, tip
=> misadvise, misguide
=> propound
=> consult
=> contraindicate
Sense 3
weigh, press
> count, matter, weigh
=> weigh, press
Sense 4
press
> flatten, flatten out
=> splat
=> press
Sense 5
compress, constrict, squeeze, compact, contract, press
> tighten
=> constrict, constringe, narrow
=> tauten, firm
=> compress, constrict, squeeze, compact, contract, press
=> strain, tense
Sense 6
press
> mass
=> press
Sense 7
press
> make, create
=> beget, get, engender, father, mother, sire, generate, bring forth
=> reproduce, procreate, multiply
=> regenerate
=> clear
=> distill, extract, distil
=> derive, educe
=> froth, spume, suds
=> lay down, establish, make
=> puncture
=> twine
=> cleave
=> track
=> institute, bring
=> short-circuit, short
=> re-create
=> grind
=> generate, bring forth
=> originate, initiate, start
=> give, yield
=> bring, work, play, wreak, make for
=> raise, conjure, conjure up, invoke, evoke, stir, call down, arouse, bring up, put forward, call forth
=> create by mental act, create mentally
=> create, make
=> realize, realise, actualize, actualise, substantiate
=> cause, do, make
=> establish, give
=> put on, turn in
=> bear, turn out
=> create from raw material, create from raw stuff
=> construct, build, make
=> build, establish
=> assemble, piece, put together, set up, tack, tack together
=> style
=> strike
=> copy, re-create
=> create verbally
=> compose, write
=> choreograph
=> direct
=> film
=> film-make
=> recreate
=> offset
=> scrape
=> produce, bring forth
=> produce, bring about, give rise
=> press
=> prepare
=> cut
=> cut
=> raise
=> beat
=> arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke
=> incorporate
=> form, organize, organise
Sense 8
press
> be
=> look
=> suffer, hurt
=> be well
=> suffer
=> feel
=> stay, remain, rest
=> continue
=> sparkle, scintillate, coruscate
=> confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate
=> rank
=> point
=> want, need, require
=> compact, pack
=> rest
=> cut
=> seethe, boil
=> mope, moon around, moon about
=> look, appear, seem
=> appear, seem
=> owe
=> belong
=> cover
=> represent
=> account
=> cut across
=> begin, start
=> begin
=> stand
=> specify, define, delineate, delimit, delimitate
=> go
=> make sense, add up
=> consist, comprise
=> prove, turn out, turn up
=> account for
=> remain
=> stand by, stick by, stick, adhere
=> loiter, lounge, footle, lollygag, loaf, lallygag, hang around, mess about, tarry, linger, lurk, mill about, mill around
=> total, number, add up, come, amount
=> count, matter, weigh
=> rate
=> deserve, merit
=> buy
=> shine
=> fall
=> depend
=> underlie
=> stink
=> subtend, delimit
=> incarnate, body forth, embody, substantiate
=> contain, take, hold
=> cost, be
=> measure
=> hum, buzz, seethe
=> pass
=> abound
=> disagree, disaccord, discord
=> gape, yawn, yaw
=> tend, be given, lean, incline, run
=> run, go
=> figure, enter
=> press
=> rage
=> relate, interrelate
=> rut
=> stagnate
=> stagnate
=> come in handy
=> squat
=> hoodoo
=> impend
=> range, run
=> stay, stay on, continue, remain
=> sell
=> translate
=> head, head up
=> come in for
=> compare
=> fall, come
=> run into, encounter
=> gravitate
=> pay
=> diverge
=> shine
=> iridesce
=> lie
=> stand
=> hang
=> litter
=> suit
=> end, terminate
=> fit
=> lend
=> let go
=> belong
=> belong
=> wind, twist, curve
=> jumble, mingle
=> promise
=> accept, take
=> clean
=> draw
=> wash
=> balance
=> hail, come
=> act
=> test
=> seem
=> answer
=> beat
=> hold
=> contain
=> connect
=> sell
=> sell
=> kill
=> make
=> deck, adorn, decorate, grace, embellish, beautify
=> consist
=> work
=> lubricate
=> breathe
=> trim
=> swing
=> osculate
=> retard
=> transplant
=> cohere
=> object
=> stick
=> recognize
=> distribute
=> put out
Sense 9
crusade, fight, press, campaign, push, agitate
> advertise, advertize, promote, push
=> propagandize, propagandise
=> plug
=> bill
=> crusade, fight, press, campaign, push, agitate
Sense 10
press, press out
> cast, mold, mould
=> press, press out
=> recast, remold, remould
=> sand cast
Sense 11
press, push
> push, force
=> nudge, poke at, prod
=> press, push
=> repel, drive, repulse, force back, push back, beat back
=> shove
=> jerk, flick
=> jostle, shove
=> nose
=> push out, obtrude, thrust out
=> push aside, push away
=> muscle into
=> push up
=> thrust
=> drive
=> jam
=> thrust, stuff, shove, squeeze
=> topple, tumble, tip
Sense 12
iron, iron out, press
> press
=> iron, iron out, press
=> calender
Sense 13
weight-lift, weightlift, press
> exercise, work out
=> limber up, warm up, loosen up
=> train
=> tumble
=> tone, tone up, strengthen
=> weight-lift, weightlift, press
Sense 14
bid, beseech, entreat, adjure, press, conjure
> plead
=> beg, implore, pray
=> bid, beseech, entreat, adjure, press, conjure
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb press
Sense 1
press
=> touch
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Sense 2
urge, urge on, press, exhort
=> rede, advise, counsel
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Sense 3
weigh, press
=> count, matter, weigh
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Sense 4
press
=> flatten, flatten out
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Sense 5
compress, constrict, squeeze, compact, contract, press
=> tighten
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Sense 6
press
=> mass
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Sense 7
press
=> make, create
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Sense 8
press
=> be
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Sense 9
crusade, fight, press, campaign, push, agitate
=> advertise, advertize, promote, push
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Sense 10
press, press out
=> cast, mold, mould
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Sense 11
press, push
=> push, force
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Sense 12
iron, iron out, press
=> press
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Sense 13
weight-lift, weightlift, press
=> exercise, work out
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Sense 14
bid, beseech, entreat, adjure, press, conjure
=> plead
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Grep of verb press
compress
decompress
depress
express
impress
oppress
press
press down
press down on
press home
press on
press out
pressure
pressure-cook
pressure-wash
pressurise
pressurize
repress
suppress
uncompress
Antonyms of adj pressing
1 sense of pressing
Sense 1
pressing, urgent
INDIRECT (VIA imperative) -> beseeching
Similarity of adj pressing
1 sense of pressing
Sense 1
pressing, urgent
=> imperative (vs. beseeching)
Pertainyms of adj pressing
Attributes of adj pressing
Domain of adj pressing
Domain Terms of adj pressing
Familiarity of adj pressing
pressing used as an adjective is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Grep of adj pressing
depressing
pressing
repressing
Grep of adv pressing
pressingly
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