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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/press/#m1)

2) To press clothes is to iron them flat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/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/school/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/school/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/school/P/press/#m5)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/press/#x1)
- Press firmly on the cut with a clean cloth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/press/#x2)
- We pressed flowers in a heavy book. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/press/#x3)
- Don't press too hard with your pencil. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/press/#x4)
- Dad pressed his shirt for the wedding. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/press/#x5)
- The news was in the press. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/press/#x6)
- We were pressed for time, so we ran. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/press/#x7)
- Press on — you're nearly finished! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/press/#x8)
- ‘Press your finger on the latch, then push and the door opens.’ [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/press/#x9)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/60-next-time-switch-off-tell-and-parental-controls/18/)
- [The tabla is a pair of Indian hand drums; pressing the skin while striking it changes the pitch.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/10-instruments-of-the-world-bandura-erhu-sitar-kora-didgeridoo/13/)
- [Rapeseed and sunflowers make seeds that are pressed into cooking oil, and the yellow rapeseed fields are busy with bees in spring.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/286-from-field-to-plate-wheat-flour-and-bread/16/)
- [The door opens inwards and Alice's elbow is pressed against it, so the Rabbit cannot open it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/7-alice-ch4-part1-the-rabbits-house/19/)
- [But, O dear, O dear, this is a hard world!» He leaves, pressing his handkerchief to his face.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/72-willows-ch12-part3-no-speeches-and-no-songs/13/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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