to press
- verb
- /prɛs/
- Specialized
- Lift, press, hold.
- press the bar
Examples
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I'm just like pressing and lifting, pressing and lifting.
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And let's press right back into Down Dog.
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Move the leg up and press, press, press.
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So I'm just going to press and push up.
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I bet I could bench-press you.
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He's gonna press up into a handstand.
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The behavior Skinner wanted from the rat is for it to press the lever.
Academic text (2010) -
Participants gave their discrimination responses by pressing one of two differently colored keys on the computer keyboard.
Academic text (2012) -
Elliott Yekton leaned forward and pressed the side of his head to the young man's sunken breast.
Fiction book (1991) -
To build strength, he decided to press a heavier weight during each workout.
Synonyms
To raise something higher by hand or with a machine
To raise someone or something to a higher place
Raise heavy objects to make your muscles stronger
Move something to a higher place by pushing from below or behind
To lift something heavy with a lot of effort
To lift something with effort to see how heavy it is
Antonyms
Idioms
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- Literature
A meeting where a famous person answers questions from reporters
- Literature
A group of reporters from different media who cover the same event or place
- Literature
News media that report independently and are not controlled by the government
- Formal
The right of newspapers and journalists to report news without government control
- Literature
An area in a stadium or arena where reporters and broadcasters sit to report the game
A person who works to get news and attention for a company, group, or famous person
An exercise where a person lies on their back on a bench and pushes weight up from the chest
- Informal
A strong, aggressive effort to reach a goal quickly, often to win support
- Literature
A group that collects news and sends it to newspapers, TV, and websites
- Literature
An area in a government hall where reporters sit to watch and report debates
- Jargon
A business that prints books for authors who pay, often with little editing
- Offensive
Newspapers or magazines that print scandal stories and invade people's privacy to sell more copies
- Literature
An organization that gathers and sends news to newspapers and other media
- Archaic
A printing machine where a cylinder rolls paper over a flat bed of letters to copy text
- Specialized
A machine that presses cardboard or plastic into compact bundles for easier handling and transport
- Formal
Military officers check journalists' reports in war zones to keep information secret
- Specialized
A machine that removes solids from liquids by pushing the liquid through cloth over frames
- Specialized
A machine that prints by pressing paper onto a flat surface with a roller
A weight exercise where you lift a bar with weights from shoulder height straight overhead to work the shoulders
- Specialized
An exercise pressing a barbell or dumbbells up on a sloping bench to work the upper chest
- Specialized
A machine that makes many copies by moving ink from a plate to rubber then to paper
- Specialized
A gym exercise that lifts a weight from the shoulder to above the head until the arms are straight
- Specialized
A machine that uses flat plates and frames to separate solids from liquids
- Specialized
A machine with plates and frames that separates solids from liquids in factories
- Literature
Announcing official decisions to the public by press release before any internal discussion
- Archaic
The most sail a ship can carry safely without turning over or being damaged
- Specialized
A large sheet of paper printed with many pages before cutting or folding
- UK
An exercise where you lie on your stomach and push your body up and down with your arms
- Literature
Announcing scientific results to the public before other scientists check them
- Specialized
A machine that uses a long turned metal rod to squeeze liquid from solid things
- Literature
Newspapers that print shocking and often untrue stories to get more readers
How Heavy
Surface Forms
Etymology
Press (to lift a weight) comes from the old Latin word premere meaning 'to push'. It means to push a weight up with your arms, like pushing a heavy barbell above your head.