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# press

«press» in Mova's judaism 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/press/#m1)

2) To press clothes is to iron them flat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/press/#m2)

3) To press someone is to try hard to make them do something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/press/#m3)

4) A press is a machine that pushes or squeezes things, or that prints. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/press/#m4)

5) The press means newspapers, TV news and the people who write them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/press/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Torah it usually means a wine-press or oil-press, where grapes or olives are squeezed. As a verb in Job and the Psalms it means to push down hard, as God's waves press on the sufferer. Hosea says the threshing-floor and wine-press will fail the people. Interpretation: Offerings and tithes must come from the grain and the press. Giving the first of the harvest honors God as the giver. The prophets use an empty press as a sign of punishment for turning away from God. In the primary 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

- Thou shalt not delay to offer of the fulness of thy harvest, and of the outflow of thy presses. (Torah EXO.22.29, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/press/#x1)
- And the gift which ye set apart shall be reckoned unto you, as though it were the corn of the threshing-floor, and as the fulness of the wine-press. (Torah NUM.18.27, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/press/#x2)
- Therefore thou shalt say unto them: When ye set apart the best thereof from it, then it shall be counted unto the Levites as the increase of the threshing-floor, and as the increase of the wine-press. (Torah NUM.18.30, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/press/#x3)
- Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and all Thy waves Thou pressest down. (Writings PSA.88.8, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/press/#x4)
- Canst thou draw out leviathan with a fish-hook? or press down his tongue with a cord? (Writings JOB.40.25, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/press/#x5)
- The threshing-floor and the wine-press shall not feed them, and the new wine shall fail her. (Prophets HOS.9.2, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/press/#x6)
- Press the green button to start. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/press/#x7)
- Press firmly on the cut with a clean cloth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/press/#x8)
- We pressed flowers in a heavy book. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/press/#x9)
- Don't press too hard with your pencil. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/press/#x10)
- Dad pressed his shirt for the wedding. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/press/#x11)
- The news was in the press. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/press/#x12)
- We were pressed for time, so we ran. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/press/#x13)
- Press on — you're nearly finished! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/press/#x14)
- ‘Press your finger on the latch, then push and the door opens.’ [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/press/#x15)

### 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

- [Thou shalt not delay to offer of the fulness of thy harvest, and of the outflow of thy presses.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.644/)
- [But Absalom pressed him, and he let Amnon and all the king's sons go with him.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.368/)
- [The threshing-floor and the wine-press shall not feed them, and the new wine shall fail her.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/HOS.120/)
- [Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and all Thy waves Thou pressest down.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1547/)
- [Canst thou draw out leviathan with a fish-hook? or press down his tongue with a cord?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.1119/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «press» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/press/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.