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[pres] 1. verb1) (to use a pushing motion (against): Press the bell twice!; The children pressed close to their mother.) pritisniti, stisniti (se)2) (to squeeze; to flatten: The grapes are pressed to extract the juice.) stisniti3) (to urge or hurry: He pressed her to enter the competition.) priganjati4) (to insist on: The printers are pressing their claim for higher pay.) vztrajati5) (to iron: Your trousers need to be pressed.) likati2. noun1) (an act of pressing: He gave her hand a press; You had better give your shirt a press.) stisk; likanje2) ((also printing-press) a printing machine.) tiskarski stroj3) (newspapers in general: It was reported in the press; ( also adjective) a press photographer.) tisk4) (the people who work on newspapers and magazines; journalists: The press is/are always interested in the private lives of famous people.) novinarji5) (a device or machine for pressing: a wine-press; a flower-press.) stiskalnica•- pressing- press conference
- press-cutting
- be hard pressed
- be pressed for
- press for
- press forward/on* * *I [pres]nountechnical stiskalnica; printing tiskarski stroj, tiskarna, tiskarstvo, tisk; časnikarstvo, novinarstvo, novinarji; nateznik (na smučch); omara (knjižna, za obleko, zlasti za perilo); stiskanje, pritiskanje, glajenje, likanje; naval, pritisk, gneča; figuratively naglica, nujnost, nuja; nautical čezmeren pritisk (vetra) na jadrato correct the press — opraviti korekturo, popraviti tiskovne napakenautical press of sail — razpeta jadranautical to carry a press of sail — pritiskati na jadranautical under a press of canvas z — razpetimi jadriII [pres]1.transitive verbstiskati, stisniti; pritisniti, pritiskati, tlačiti (tudi figuratively); iztisniti, izžeti (sadje, sok); likati, polikati; stisniti skupaj, pritisniti naprej, stran; goniti, priganjati, ne dati miru, prisiliti, izsiliti, pritiskati na koga; vsiliti komu kaj; dati čemu poudarek, ostati, vztrajati (pri svojem mnenju); moledovati ( for za);2.intransitive verbstiskati se, prerivati se, gnesti se, vsiljevati se, biti nujento press the button — pritisniti na zvonec, dati znak za začetek dela; figuratively napraviti odločilen korakto press s.o. for money — pritiskati na koga za denarto press s.th. on s.o. — vsiljevati komu kajhard pressed — v stiski, v težkem položajuIII [pres]1.transitive verbnasilno novačiti (v vojsko, mornarico); zaseči, rekvirirati (konje, ladje itd.); figuratively prisvojiti si;2.nounnasilno novačenje
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