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pre sing

  • n  the act of pressing; the exertion of pressure
    at the pressing of a button
  • n  a metal or plastic part that is made by a mechanical press
  • v  exert pressure or force to or upon
  • v  force or impel in an indicated direction
  • v  to be oppressive or burdensome
  • v  place between two surfaces and apply weight or pressure
  • v  squeeze or press together
  • v  crowd closely
  • v  create by pressing
  • v  be urgent
    This is a pressing problem
  • v  exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for
  • v  press from a plastic
  • v  make strenuous pushing movements during birth to expel the baby
  • v  press and smooth with a heated iron
  • v  lift weights
  • v  ask for or request earnestly
  • s  compelling immediate action
    too pressing to permit of longer delay

  • Kennedy would later recall how the people pressing around him at street level were wildly supportive, while some white-collar workers high up in the buildings above were making .
  • Early electrical workers used it as a coating to insulate coils, and molded it into stand-alone insulators by pressing together layers of shellac-impregnated paper.
  • Reflexive partisanship is poisoning our politics, preventing us from solving our most pressing problems.
News & Articles

  • Russia ETFs: Putin Pressing For Dividends
    Russia ETFs: Putin Pressing For Dividends
    June 26, 2013 - Nasdaq
  • Metra severance deal drawing heat
    Two state representatives are pressing Metra's board to explain why it approved a severance agreement that could pay the commuter rail agency's departed CEO as much as $740,000.        
    June 25, 2013 - Chicago Tribune
  • Dems ask Walker to veto bail bondsmen
    Wisconsin Democrats are pressing Republican Gov. Scott Walker to erase language in the state budget that would allow bounty hunters to operate in the state. Republicans on the Legislature's finance committee inserted a provision into the budget this month that would allow judges in Dane, Kenosha, Milwaukee, Racine and Waukesha counties to let defendants hire bail bond agencies. The program would ...
    June 25, 2013 - WISC-TV Madison
Quotes

  • Kim Yong-Hyun in BusinessWeek
    North Korea is pressing the US to come forward to a bilateral meeting to try to deflect the pressure it faces over the ship issue and move the atmosphere toward dialogue and (a resumption of) six-nation talks on the North's nuclear programs,...
  • David Cameron in BusinessWeek
    We have deep and pressing problems,Cameron said following his arrival at the prime minister's Downing Street residence 90 minutes after Gordon Brown's departure last night. "For those reasons, I aim to lead a proper and full coalition....
  • Joe Maddon in USA Online Gambling News
    He's a great athlete and a great kid. He's one of the very few who can do that,Tampa Bay manager Joe Maddon added. "He threw 150 pitches and it's rare to see that many walks and not score a run. Our guys are just pressing too hard."

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