(n.) An East Indian insectivore (Tupaia ferruginea). It is
arboreal in its habits, and has a bushy tail. The fur is soft, and
varies from rusty red to maroon and to brownish black.
(n.) To force into service, particularly into naval service; to
impress.
(n.) A commission to force men into public service, particularly
into the navy.
(v.) To urge, or act upon, with force, as weight; to act upon by
pushing or thrusting, in distinction from pulling; to crowd or compel
by a gradual and continued exertion; to bear upon; to squeeze; to
compress; as, we press the ground with the feet when we walk; we press
the couch on which we repose; we press substances with the hands,
fingers, or arms; we are pressed in a crowd.
(v.) To squeeze, in order to extract the juice or contents of; to
squeeze out, or express, from something.
(v.) To squeeze in or with suitable instruments or apparatus, in
order to compact, make dense, or smooth; as, to press cotton bales,
paper, etc.; to smooth by ironing; as, to press clothes.
(v.) To embrace closely; to hug.
(v.) To oppress; to bear hard upon.
(v.) To straiten; to distress; as, to be pressed with want or
hunger.
(v.) To exercise very powerful or irresistible influence upon or
over; to constrain; to force; to compel.
(v.) To try to force (something upon some one); to urge or
inculcate with earnestness or importunity; to enforce; as, to press
divine truth on an audience.
(v.) To drive with violence; to hurry; to urge on; to ply hard;
as, to press a horse in a race.
(v. i.) To exert pressure; to bear heavily; to push, crowd, or
urge with steady force.
(v. i.) To move on with urging and crowding; to make one's way
with violence or effort; to bear onward forcibly; to crowd; to throng;
to encroach.
(v. i.) To urge with vehemence or importunity; to exert a strong
or compelling influence; as, an argument presses upon the judgment.
(n.) An apparatus or machine by which any substance or body is
pressed, squeezed, stamped, or shaped, or by which an impression of a
body is taken; sometimes, the place or building containing a press or
presses.
(n.) Specifically, a printing press.
(n.) The art or business of printing and publishing; hence,
printed publications, taken collectively, more especially newspapers or
the persons employed in writing for them; as, a free press is a
blessing, a licentious press is a curse.
(n.) An upright case or closet for the safe keeping of articles;
as, a clothes press.
(n.) The act of pressing or thronging forward.
(n.) Urgent demands of business or affairs; urgency; as, a press
of engagements.
(n.) A multitude of individuals crowded together; / crowd of
single things; a throng.
