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pressesnounpl. of press a built-in space for storage behind a doorput the towels in the linen press closets, cuddies, cupboards, pantries ambries(chiefly British dialect), butteries(chiefly dialect), larders, spences(chiefly British dialect)cloakrooms, coatrooms, garderobes, vestiaries, wardrobes a great number of persons or creatures massed togetherhe pushed his way through the press of people outside the courthouse armies, bikes(chiefly Scottish), crams, crowds, crushes, droves, flocks, herds, hordes, hosts, legions, masses, mobs, multitudes, routs, scrums, swarms, throngs masses, millions, rabblements, rabbles, riffraffsgagglesheaps, mountains, pilesjams, logjams a storage case typically having doors and shelvesoriginally designed as a press for clothes, it now serves to hide the bedroom TV buffets, cabinets, closets, consoles, cupboards, hutches, lockers, sideboards bookcases, breakfronts, chests, china closets, credences, credenzas, étagères(or etageres), secretaries, showcases, taborets(or tabourets), vitrinescuddies, dressers, pie safesarmoires, clothespresses, garderobes, wardrobescabinetries, shelvings to take or make use of under a guise of authority but without actual rightthe fleeing bank robber pressed a nearby taxi into service as a getaway car appropriates, arrogates, commandeers, converts, expropriates, pirates, preempts, seizes, takes over, usurps annexes, attaches, claims, confiscates, impounds, repossesses, sequestersassumes, collars, grabs, grasps, snatches, steals, wrenches, wrestsdespoils, loots, pillagesencroaches, infringes, invades, occupies, preoccupies, trespassesembezzles, misapplies, misappropriates, misuses, peculates to push steadily against with some forcean old doorbell that requires you to press the button hard bears (down on), depresses, shoves, weighs (on or upon) compresses, mashes, punches, squashes, squeezes, squishes, squooshescompels, forces, pressuresleans (on or against), musclesdrives, propels, thrustscompacts, condenses, constricts, contracts, crushes, scrunches, wringscrams, jam-packs, jams, packs, stuffs, wedges to apply external pressure on so as to force out the juice or contents ofmy family will only drink juice from freshly pressed oranges to gather into a closely packed groupeveryone pressed around me to see the pictures bunches, clusters, crowds, huddles, piles assembles, collects, concenters, concentrates, conglomerates, congregates, convenes, converges, flocks, forgathers(or foregathers), herds, swarms, throngsencircles, mobs, surroundsembraces, hugs breaks up, disbands, disperses, splits (up) to force one's waywe continued to press deeper and deeper into the tangled rain forest bores, bulldozes, bulls, crashes, elbows, jams, jostles, muscles, pushes, shoulders, squeezes rams, shoves, thrusts to cause (a person) to give in to pressurea manager pressed by a business crisis to return from his vacation ahead of schedule blackjacks, coerces, compels, constrains, dragoons, drives, forces, impels, impresses, makes, muscles, obligates, obliges, pressures, sandbags browbeats, bulldozes, bullies, cows, hectors, intimidatesblackmails, high-pressures, menaces, shames, terrorizes, threatensdragsbadgers, harasses, hounds twists one's arm allows, lets, permitsargues, convinces, induces, moves, persuades, prevails (on or upon), satisfies, talks (into), wins (over) to try to persuade (someone) through earnest appeals to follow a course of actionpressed us to go with them to the school board meeting eggs (on), encourages, exhorts, goads, nudges, prods, prompts, urges drives, propels, spurs, stimulateshurries, hustles, pushes, rushesadjures, beseeches, implores, importunesblandishes, cajoles, coaxes, soft-soaps, wheedleshigh-pressures, nags, needles, pressuresfoments, incites, instigates, provokes, stirs (up) deters, discourages, dissuadesbrakes, checks, constrains, curbs, holds back, inhibits, restrains to indicate the importance of by centering attention onan office e-mail that presses the need for greater vigilance concerning building security accents, accentuates, emphasizes, features, foregrounds, highlights, illuminates, plays up, points (up), punctuates, stresses focuses(or focusses), identifies, pinpoints, spotlightsadvertises, boosts, plugs, promotes, publicizesoverplays bears down on, makes much of de-emphasizes, plays down tones (down), underemphasizes, understatesbelittles, discounts, disparages, minimizes |