pressure
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1.0
- noun
- /ˈprɛʃər/
:
presión
- There's just this really intense pressure on my shoulder and my neck.
- feel pressure
- relieve pressure
- a pressure sore
I can't hug people because that pressure on them is like too much.
- I can't hug people because that pressure on them is like too much.
- But now I have this discomfort, this pressure and I'm more short of breath now.
Examples
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The doctor said to apply gentle pressure to the wound to stop the bleeding.
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I've been under a lot of pressure lately.
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That really is some pressure on your skin, man.
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So you want to do kind of light pressure with this for sure.
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Oh wow, so much pressure, so much pressure.
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Can you just, please, put a little pressure here?
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You need to put pressure here, okay?
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"You better keep some pressure on that cut for a while," he says.
Fiction book (1993) -
Put pressure on the wound!
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Too much pressure on my nerves.
Synonyms
181
4.2
A strong mental feeling of pressure or burden
6
5.5
A feeling of being squeezed in a part of the body
4
2.0
Holding and pressing something firmly with your hand
A feeling on the skin when something pushes on it
Putting pressure on something by pushing or squeezing it
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
52
2.8
A condition in which blood pushes too hard against vessel walls and increases health risks
4
4.1
A group that tries to change government decisions to help a cause or its members
- Specialized
4
7.3
A protective suit filled with air that keeps normal air pressure around the body in space or high altitudes
3
3.3
A sealed pot that cooks food quickly using hot steam or a situation where people feel very stressed
- Specialized
3
3.8
A device that measures how hard a gas or liquid pushes inside a system
- Specialized
1
4.6
A damaged area of skin that appears when constant weight on it keeps blood from reaching it
- Specialized
1
4.6
Pressure in the arteries when the heart rests between beats, usually the lower blood pressure number
- Specialized
1
7.1
A very small push that light gives to a surface when it hits it
- Specialized
1
6.1
Pressure that stops water from moving into a solution through a membrane
- Specialized
1
4.2
A device that senses weight when someone steps on it and makes something happen
- Specialized
Air pressure inside a sealed space like an airplane cabin that keeps people safe
- Archaic
A very small push on a surface caused by particles in a beam of light
- Specialized
A force from sound waves that pushes on a surface in the way the waves move
- Specialized
A part of a plane or spacecraft kept with extra air so people can breathe normally
- Specialized
A unit that shows how much force presses on an area, like pascal or psi
- Specialized
A system where a pump pushes oil under pressure to engine bearings to stop metal parts rubbing
- Specialized
The pressure at sea level used as a reference equal to a 760 mm column of mercury at zero Celsius
How Hard
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1.0
4
3.9
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Pressure comes from the root press, meaning 'to push' or 'to squeeze'. A helpful way to remember the body sense is to think of something physically pressing against your skin, giving you that feeling.