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[pres] 1. verb1) (to use a pushing motion (against): Press the bell twice!; The children pressed close to their mother.) []spiest; []spiesties2) (to squeeze; to flatten: The grapes are pressed to extract the juice.) []spiest3) (to urge or hurry: He pressed her to enter the competition.) uzstāt; steidzināt4) (to insist on: The printers are pressing their claim for higher pay.) pieprasīt; uzstāt5) (to iron: Your trousers need to be pressed.) presēt; gludināt2. noun1) (an act of pressing: He gave her hand a press; You had better give your shirt a press.) spiediens; spiešana; presēšana; gludināšana2) ((also printing-press) a printing machine.) iespiedmašīna3) (newspapers in general: It was reported in the press; ( also adjective) a press photographer.) prese; preses-4) (the people who work on newspapers and magazines; journalists: The press is/are always interested in the private lives of famous people.) žurnālisti5) (a device or machine for pressing: a wine-press; a flower-press.) prese; spiedne•- pressing- press conference
- press-cutting
- be hard pressed
- be pressed for
- press for
- press forward/on* * *spiešana; varmācīga vervēšana; rekvizēšana; spiediens; drūzmēšanās, spiešanās; neatliekamība, steiga; siena skapis; gludināšana; prese; žurnālisti; izdevniecība, tipogrāfija; iespiešana; iespiedmašīna; prese, spiedne; varmācīgi vervēt; spiest; nospiest, uzspiest, piespiest; rekvizēt; steidzināt; spiesties, drūzmēties; kategoriski prasīt, uzstāt; gludināt; presēt; štancēt
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press grapes — squeeze grapes … English contemporary dictionary
grapes — n. 1) to pick grapes 2) to press grapes 3) seedless; sweet grapes 4) a bunch of grapes 5) (usu. fig.) sour grapes * * * sweet grapes (usu. fig.) sour grapes a bunch of grapes seedless to pick grapes to press grapes … Combinatory dictionary
press — press1 pressable, adj. /pres/, v.t. 1. to act upon with steadily applied weight or force. 2. to move by weight or force in a certain direction or into a certain position: The crowd pressed him into a corner. 3. to compress or squeeze, as to alter … Universalium
Press — may refer to:In publishing: * The press, otherwise known as the journalism business, the newspaper business, the news media, the Fourth Estate or the mass media * A press, publishing house or printer (publisher) * Printing press, a machine that… … Wikipedia
Press — Press, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pressed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pressing}.] [F. presser, fr. L. pressare to press, fr. premere, pressum, to press. Cf. {Print}, v.] 1. To urge, or act upon, with force, as weight; to act upon by pushing or thrusting, in… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
press — press1 W2S2 [pres] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(news)¦ 2 get/be given a bad press 3 get/have a good press 4¦(printing)¦ 5¦(machine)¦ 6¦(push)¦ 7 go to press 8¦(crowd)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1.) ¦(NEWS)¦ … Dictionary of contemporary English
press — [[t]pre̱s[/t]] ♦ presses, pressing, pressed 1) VERB If you press something somewhere, you push it firmly against something else. [V n against n] He pressed his back against the door... [V n prep] They pressed the silver knife into the cake. 2) … English dictionary
press — 1 /pres/ noun 1 NEWS a) (U) also the press people who write reports for newspapers, radio, or television: the freedom of the press (also + plural verb BrE): In August the press are desperate for news. | press photographers b) (singular,… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
press — {{11}}press (n.) c.1300, crowd, multitude, from O.Fr. presse (11c.), from L. pressare (see PRESS (Cf. press) (v.1)). Meaning device for squeezing (cloth, grapes, olives, etc.) is recorded from late 14c., from M.Fr. presse. Specific sense machine… … Etymology dictionary
press — 1. verb 1) press the paper down firmly Syn: push (down), press down, depress, hold down, force, thrust, squeeze, compress 2) his shirt was pressed Syn: smooth (out), iron, remove creases from … Thesaurus of popular words
Press cake — Oil cake redirects here. For cake made with oil instead of butter, see chiffon cake. Apple pomace … Wikipedia