pressing
- noun
- /ˈprɛsɪŋ/
:
presión
- She enjoyed the satisfying feeling of pressing the soft dough with her hands.
Examples
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During the class, we practiced the pressing of flowers to preserve their beauty.
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Do a lot of the pressing goes now nowadays?
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Again, patting pressing over a third of the eye.
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Note that literary action becomes increasingly languid in Wollstonecraft's brief history: fortresses are undermined, not stormed, and heroines undergo gentle pressings instead of assaults.
Academic text (2010) -
The pressing of the grapes is crucial in the winemaking process.
Synonyms
255
1.0
The feeling when something presses against your body
42
4.0
Pressing something so it becomes smaller and denser
12
1.5
A firm press with the hand or fingers
11
1.3
A push on something that applies pressure to it
5
4.2
A small hollow or pressed down area on a surface
4
2.0
Holding and pressing something firmly with your hand
1
6.5
Making soil or material denser by pressing it together
1
8.1
Forcing something out by pressing it
1
6.7
Squeezing a part of the body to force out liquid
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Etymology
Pressing comes from the verb press, which means 'to push or squeeze', so a pressing is the action of applying pressure, like pressing a button, using a firm squeeze on a wound, or pressing grapes to get juice.