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PRESSING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of pressing; the exertion of pressure
Example:
at the pressing of a button
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("pressing" is a kind of...):
push; pushing (the act of applying force in order to move something away)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pressing"):
impression (the act of pressing one thing on or into the surface of another)
compressing; compression (applying pressure)
Derivation:
press (squeeze or press together)
press (place between two surfaces and apply weight or pressure)
press (exert pressure or force to or upon)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A metal or plastic part that is made by a mechanical press
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("pressing" is a kind of...):
part; portion (something less than the whole of a human artifact)
Derivation:
press (press from a plastic)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Compelling immediate action
Example:
bridges in urgent need of repair
Synonyms:
pressing; urgent
Classified under:
Similar:
imperative (requiring attention or action)
III. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb press
Context examples:
The call must have been very pressing, since he left his girl standing in the fog and made no effort to communicate with her.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
And yet Goodwin Hawtayne is not the man to stand back when his fellows are for pressing forward.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“Lad,” said Silver, “no one's a-pressing of you. Take your bearings. None of us won't hurry you, mate; time goes so pleasant in your company, you see.”
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
Examination by pressing on the surface of the body to feel the organs or tissues underneath.
(Palpation, NCI Dictionary)
And what is the third source from which each of them sought for help against pressing danger?
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Wait until Mercury, the planet of contracts and communication, goes direct before pressing forward on key projects and relationships.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
Then followed the wild upward leap and tattoo of flutters, the pressing as of an iron band about his forehead, the creeping of the dizziness into his brain.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
On my pressing her, however, she remembered that she heard the word ‘David’ uttered twice by the lady.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Pray do not take us as exceeding the bounds of business courtesy in pressing you in all ways to use the utmost expedition.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
I speak, you know, only of such men as have hearts! pressing his own with emotion.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
