press

«press» in Mova's school dictionary: to push firmly on something: press a button — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (press, presses, pressed, pressing); noun (a press, the press)

meaning for a pupil

1) To press is to push firmly on something: press a button. tree →

2) To press clothes is to iron them flat. tree →

3) To press someone is to try hard to make them do something. tree →

4) A press is a machine that pushes or squeezes things, or that prints. tree →

5) The press means newspapers, TV news and the people who write them. tree →

sense in the lessons

In technology, «press the button», «press Enter». In first aid, press on a bleeding cut with a clean cloth to slow the bleeding. In science, pressing increases pressure; flowers can be pressed flat to dry them. In everyday life, «press-ups» (UK) / «push-ups» (US) are exercises. Phrases: «press on» (keep going), «pressed for time» (in a hurry), «under pressure».

examples

• Press the green button to start. tree →
• Press firmly on the cut with a clean cloth. tree →
• We pressed flowers in a heavy book. tree →
• Don't press too hard with your pencil. tree →
• Dad pressed his shirt for the wedding. tree →
• The news was in the press. tree →
• We were pressed for time, so we ran. tree →
• Press on — you're nearly finished! tree →
• ‘Press your finger on the latch, then push and the door opens.’ tree →

note

Regular: pressed. The noun «pressure» is the force of pressing. «The press» (newspapers) takes «the». Do not confuse «press» with «dress».

In the corpora

• Checking the rating on a box, a poster or a streaming page before pressing play prevents many accidents.
• The tabla is a pair of Indian hand drums; pressing the skin while striking it changes the pitch.
• Rapeseed and sunflowers make seeds that are pressed into cooking oil, and the yellow rapeseed fields are busy with bees in spring.
• The door opens inwards and Alice's elbow is pressed against it, so the Rabbit cannot open it.
• But, O dear, O dear, this is a hard world!» He leaves, pressing his handkerchief to his face.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «press» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.