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— English words —

• press n. An instance of applying pressure; an instance of pressing.
• press n. (Countable) A device used to apply pressure to an item.
• press n. (Countable) A printing machine.
• press n. (Uncountable, collective) The print-based media (both the people and the newspapers).
• press n. (Countable) A publisher.
• press n. (Countable, especially in Ireland and Scotland) An enclosed storage space (e.g. closet, cupboard).
• press n. (Countable, weightlifting) An exercise in which weight is forced away from the body by extension of the arms or legs.
• press n. (Countable, golf, gambling) An additional bet in a golf match that duplicates an existing (usually losing)…
• press n. (Countable) Pure, unfermented grape juice.
• press n. A commission to force men into public service, particularly into the navy.
• press n. (Obsolete) A crowd.
• press n. (Psychology) In personology, any environmental factor that arouses a need in the individual.
• press v. (Transitive, intransitive) To exert weight or force against, to act upon with force or weight; to exert pressure upon.
• press v. (Transitive, mechanics, electronics) To activate a button or key by exerting a downward or forward force…
• press v. (Transitive) To compress, squeeze.
• press v. (Transitive) To clasp, hold in an embrace.
• press v. (Transitive) To reduce to a particular shape or form by pressure, especially flatten or smooth.
• press v. (Transitive, sewing) To flatten a selected area of fabric using an iron with an up-and-down, not sliding…
• press v. (Transitive) To drive or thrust by pressure, to force in a certain direction.
• press v. (Transitive, obsolete) To weigh upon, oppress, trouble.
• press v. (Transitive) To force to a certain end or result; to urge strongly.
• press v. To try to force (something upon someone).
• press v. (Transitive) To hasten, urge onward.
• press v. (Transitive) To urge, beseech, entreat.
• press v. (Transitive) To lay stress upon.
• press v. (Transitive, intransitive) To throng, crowd.
• press v. (Transitive, obsolete) To print.
• press v. To force into service, particularly into naval service.
• Press prop.n. A surname.

— Foreign words, define in English —

• Norwegian bokmål
  • press v. Imperative of presse.
• Norwegian bokmål - Norwegian nynorsk
  • press n. Pressure.
  • press n. (Weightlifting) a press.
• Swedish
  • press n. A press; a tool that applies pressure (to make things flat, to make juice).
  • press n. A (printing) press.
  • press n. The press (newspapers, journalism as a branch of society).
  • press n. (Mental) pressure.
  • press n. A muscle exercise that applies pressure.

— English word, defined in Dutch —

• press w. Drukken, persen.

— English words, defined in French —

• press n. (Journalisme) Presse.
• press n. Pression, fait de presser, d’appuyer sur un bouton, une commande.
• press v. Pousser.
• press v. Appuyer sur.
• press v. Presser, être urgent.
• press v. Appuyer en écrasant, presser, serrer.
• press v. Presser, serrer, serrer plus fort, tasser.
• press v. Pressurer.
• press v. Repasser.

— English words, defined in Portuguese —

• press s. Prensa.
• press s. Imprensa.
• press s. Editora.
• press v. Apertar, pressionar.

— English word, defined in Italian —

• press s. Stampa.

— In German —

• press V. 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs pressen.

152 English words from 37 English definitions

act activate act␣upon additional against and any applies apply applying area arms arouses away based beseech bet body both branch button by␣extension certain clasp closet collective commission compress Countable crowd cupboard device direction down downward drive duplicates electronics embrace enclosed end entreat environmental especially exercise exert exerting existing extension fabric factor flat flatten force forced force␣in form forward from gambling golf grape grape␣juice hasten hold hold␣in Imperative individual instance into intransitive Ireland iron item journalism juice key lay legs losing machine make match mechanics media men Mental muscle naval navy need newspapers not obsolete onward oppress particular particularly people personology press pressing pressure print printing Psychology public public␣service publisher Pure reduce result Scotland selected service sewing shape sliding smooth society someone something space squeeze storage stress strongly surname that the things throng thrust tool Transitive trouble try Uncountable unfermented up␣and up␣and␣down upon urge used used␣to using usually weigh weight weightlifting which with

12 English words from 16 foreign definitions

bouton des fait fort Person plus presser Pression Pressurer Singular urgent Verbs

1 foreign word from 37 English definitions

presse

24 foreign words from 16 foreign definitions

Aktiv Apertar appuyer commande Drukken écrasant Editora être Imperativ Imprensa Journalisme persen Pousser Präsens Prensa Presse pressen pressionar Repasser serrer Stampa sur tasser une

292 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

press'd pressed presser Presser presses Pressey pressie pressin' pressly Pressly Presson press␣on pressor press-up pressbox press␣box pressdom pressers Pressers pressest presseth Presseys pressful pressies pressing pression pressive presskit press␣kit Pressler Pressley Presslys pressman Pressman pressmen Pressons pressors press␣out press␣pot pressrun press␣run press-ups pressure pressable pressback Pressburg presscake press␣cake press␣card pressfuls +242 words

1250 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

apres-ski après-ski apres␣ski après␣ski empresse espressi espresso express'd expresse expresso impresse impresst oppress'd adpressed adpresses appressed appresses cypresses depressed depresses depressor empressed empresses espressos expressed expresser expresses expressly expressor expressos impressed impresser impresses impressor impressum lepresses lypressin oppressed oppressee oppresses oppressor repressed represser represses repressor sexpresso umpresses unpressed acupressed acupresses +1200 words

152 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

adpress appress cypress Cypress depress empress Empress express impress lepress oppress repress umpress acupress bad␣press compress harpress hotpress hot␣press keypress key␣press leg␣press mispress nonpress outpress prepress suppress antipress body␣press coexpress corepress derepress downpress drop␣press duck␣press free␣press gang␣press good␣press go␣to␣press handpress hand␣press long-press overpress pill␣press reexpress reëxpress re-express reimpress stop␣press unexpress +102 words

14 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ess ESS -ess Ess. pre pre- pres Pres pres. Pres. res RES Res. -ress

6 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ERP ser SER ser. SERP SSE

4 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

ERSPs RESPs SERPs Spers

67 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

Arpses aspers Aspers espers Espers parses passer perses Perses persis Persis Persse pisser PMSers posers posser prases presas Presas presos press'd prests Prests prises proses Proses Pruses purses Purses pusser repass resips sarpes Serpas Serpes slerps SLERPs sopers Sopers spaers spares Spares sparse spaser spears Spears speers Speirs Speras speres +17 words

35 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

EPRs EPSS ERPs ERSP ESPs pers pers. Pers. pres Pres pres. Pres. P&Ses PSRs reps Reps Reps. resp RESP resp. -ress RSPs SEPs SERP sers Sers SERS Sper SPEs SPRs SREs SRES SRPs SSPE SSRE

27 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

cress dress fress preds prees Prees prefs pregs pre-Ks prems preps presa Presa presh preso prest Prest pres't Pre-Us Prews preys priss pross Pross Pruss tress Tress

5 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

pres Pres pres. Pres. -ress

5 epenthesis (New words found when adding only one letter.)

presas Presas presos prests Prests

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