press(1) (iou) and (medicine)

press noun1. ME.
[Old & mod. French presse, from presser PRESS verb1.]
I.
The action or fact of pressing together in a crowd; a thronging together; the condition of being crowded; a crowd, a multitude, (of people etc.). ME.
D. H. Lawrence In the cattle-market she shrank from the press of men. M. M. Kaye So crowded that..two had fallen because of the press and been killed. K. Warren The press of vehicles in Central London caused considerable confusion on the streets.
b. spec. A melee in battle; the thick of the fight. arch. ME.
Ld Macaulay He..fought, sword in hand, in the thickest press.
The condition of being hard-pressed; a position of difficulty, a critical situation; distress, tribulation. arch. ME.
Pressure of affairs; the compelling influence of a circumstance etc.; urgency, haste. LME.
B. England The press of heat within the jungle fiercely oppressive. Underground Grammarian How we speak, in the press of the moment, is usually the result of habit.
Psychology. An influence in a person's environment which tends to affect his or her behaviour. M20.
II.
The action or an act of pressing something; pressure. LME.
L. Spalding With the press of his fingers still on my back I tried to sound businesslike. Amiga User International A press of the freeze button resets the machine.
b. In Gymnastics, a raising of the body by continuous muscular effort. In Weightlifting, a raising of a weight up to shoulder-height followed by its gradual extension above the head. E20.
c. The action or an act of pressing clothes. M20.
J. Osborne I'll give them a press while I've got the iron on.
d. Basketball. Any of various forms of close guarding by the defending team. M20.
A mark made by pressing; a crease; fig. an impression. E17.
The action of pressing forward etc. L19.
III.
A device for compressing, flattening, or shaping a substance by pressure. LME.
cheese press, cotton press, garlic press, hydraulic press, etc. hot-press: see HOT adjective.
b. Hist. The apparatus for inflicting the torture of peine forte et dure. M18.
An apparatus for extracting juice, oil, etc., out of fruit, seed, or Other produce by pressure. LME.
CIDER-press.
a. A machine for leaving the impression of type on paper etc.; a machine for printing. Also printing-press. M16.
CYLINDER press. job press: see JOB noun1.
C. V. Wedgwood They contrived to..print their sheets on small movable presses that could be easily concealed.
b. A place of business of which the printing-press is the centre; a printing-house; (esp. in titles) a publishing business; the personnel of such an establishment. L16.
Ld Macaulay The Athenian Comedies..have been reprinted at the Pitt Press and the Clarendon Press. E. Huxley There are several Polish presses in London.
c. The work or function of the printing-press; the Art or practice of printing. L16.
Guardian The first Royal Commission on the Press in 1949.
a. The newspapers, journals, and periodical literature generally; the newspapers etc. of a country, district, party, subject, etc. Also in titles of newspapers. L18.
Times For years we have heard Labour politicians screaming about the Tory press. V. Brome Freud's teachings had..caused a considerable stir in the Swiss and German press.
b. Usu. with the: journalists, reporters (from newspapers or Other media) collectively. E20.
P. N. Walker As the police were..trying to clear the streets the..press were trying to drive in. M. Butterworth Arrange for the exhumation forthwith. Seal off Highgate Cemetery..No Press No Television.
c. Usu. with bad, good, etc.: publicity or opinion regarding a particular person or thing, esp. as presented in print; journalistic reaction or opinion. E20.
P. M. M. Kemp In Britain General Franco had not enjoyed a good Press. Observer The Phoenicians had a largely hostile press from the Bible. New Yorker He's getting an enormous amount of press out of it.
IV.
A large, usu. shelved, cupboard for holding clothes, books, etc.; esp. one placed in a wall recess. LME.
R. Burns Coffins stood round like open presses, That shaw'd the dead in their last dresses. K. Amis A battered press of unvarnished wood.
Phrases: at press, at the press in the process of printing, being printed. corrector of the press: see CORRECTOR 1. freedom of the press the right to print and publish anything without official approval. gentlemen of the press: see GENTLEMAN. go to press go to be printed. in press, in the press = at press above. liberty of the press = freedom of the press above. off the press finally printed, issued. press of sail Nautical as much sail as it is possible to carry in the prevailing conditions. see through the press oversee the printing of. send to press send to be printed. stop the press: see STOP verb.
Attrib. & comb.: In the sense 'connected with journalism, newspapers, etc.' as press coverage, press cutting, press notice, press photograph, etc. Special combs., as press agency = news agency (b) s.v. NEWS noun; press-agent a person employed by an organization etc. to attend to advertising and press publicity; press agent verb trans. advertise in the manner of or by means of press agents; press attache a diplomat responsible for the dealings of an embassy with the press; press baron = press lord below; press bed a bed constructed to fold up into a cupboard when not in use; a bed in an alcove with folding doors; press book (a) a volume of press cuttings; (b) a book printed at a private press, a type of fine book; press-box an enclosure for newspaper reporters, esp. at a Sports ground; press card an official authorization carried by a reporter, esp. one that gains him or her admission; press cloth a piece of cloth placed between the fabric and the iron while ironing; press conference an interview given to journalists by a person or persons in order to make an announcement or answer questions; press corps a group of reporters (in a specified place); press correction (a) the action or process of correcting errors in a text during preparation for publication; (b) an error marked for correction; press corrector: see CORRECTOR 1; Press Council a body established in the UK in 1953 to raise and maintain professional standards among journalists; press day (a) a day on which journalists are invited to an exhibition, performance, etc.; (b) the day on which a journal goes to press; press-forged adjective forged by pressure; press gallery a gallery or Other area set apart for reporters, as in the House of Commons or Other legislative chamber; press-house a house or building containing a press; a place where pressing is done; press lord a newspaper magnate, esp. one who is a member of the peerage; press-mark noun & verb (chiefly Hist.) (a) noun a mark or number written or stamped on a book or manuscript and also listed in a library catalogue, specifying the location of the book etc.; (b) verb trans. give a press-mark to; press mark: left on fabric by the impress of an iron; press number a number at the foot of the page of an early printed book showing on which press or by which printer the page was printed; press office an office within an organization or government department responsible for dealings with the press; press officer an official appointed by an individual or institution to handle publicity and public relations; press proof the last proof examined before printed matter goes to press; press release an official statement offered to newspapers for information and possible publication; press revise = press proof above; press roll (a) Paper-making a heavy roll used to press out moisture from the web; (b) Jazz a drum roll in which the sticks are pressed against the drumhead; press-room (a) a room containing a press; esp. the room in a printing-office containing the presses; (b) a room reserved for the use of reporters; press secretary a secretary who deals with publicity and public relations; press show a performance given for the press, esp. a showing of a Film to journalists before General release; press view a viewing of an exhibition by journalists before it is open to the General public; presswork (a) the business of a printing-press; work turned out from a press, esp. from the point of view of its quality; (b) the pressing or drawing of metal into a shaped hollow die; a piece of metal shaped by such means; press-yard Hist. a yard at the former Newgate Prison, London, where the torture of peine forte et dure is believed to have been carried out, and from which, at a later period, condemned prisoners started for the place of execution.

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