What is the meaning of PRESS. Phrases containing PRESS
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Press is slang for cocaine.
Press and scratch was old London Cockney rhyming slang for a match.
Move over GI Joe (and Jane), this exercise is key for anyone looking for some serious overhead strength. From a standing position, with an overhand grip, press the barbell upward until arms are fully extended overhead (be careful not to lean too far back during the lift). Lower back down to the shoulders and repeat.
cocaine
Press the flesh is Black−American slang for shake hands.
crack
The watertight, pressure-bearing structure that makes up the living and working area of a submarine.
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Pressure.
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Of or pertaining to the pressirosters.
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One who manages, or attends to, a press, esp. a printing press.
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One of a press gang, who aids in forcing men into the naval service; also, one forced into the service.
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The art of printing from the surface of type, plates, or engravings in relief, by means of a press; the work so done.
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Having or involving a pressure greatly exceeding that of the atmosphere; -- said of steam, air, water, etc., and of steam, air, or hydraulic engines, water wheels, etc.
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The act of pressing; pressure.
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Urgent; exacting; importunate; as, a pressing necessity.
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Causing, or giving rise to, pressure or to an increase of pressure; as, pressor nerve fibers, stimulation of which excites the vasomotor center, thus causing a stronger contraction of the arteries and consequently an increase of the arterial blood pressure; -- opposed to depressor.
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The act of pressing, or the condition of being pressed; compression; a squeezing; a crushing; as, a pressure of the hand.
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Having, employing, or exerting, a low degree of pressure.
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Fig.: Urgent; intense; as, a high-pressure business or social life.
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One of a tribe of wading birds (Pressirostres) including those which have a compressed beak, as the plovers.
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To pack, or prepare for packing, by means of a press.
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of Pressman
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One who presses clothes; as, a tailor's pressman.
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A contrasting force or impulse of any kind; as, the pressure of poverty; the pressure of taxes; the pressure of motives on the mind; the pressure of civilization.
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Urgency; as, the pressure of business.
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The juice of the grape extracted by the press; also, a fee paid for the use of a wine press.
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Pressing; urgent; also, oppressive; as, pressive taxation.
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