press in WordNet English dictionary

1. ask for or request earnestly
   "The prophet bid all people to become good persons"
   bid  beseech  entreat  adjure  press  conjure 
   
2. 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
   "The liberal party pushed for reforms"; "She is crusading for women's rights"; "The Dean is pushing for his favorite candidate"
   crusade  fight  press  campaign  push  agitate 
   
3. squeeze or press together
   "she compressed her lips"; "the spasm contracted the muscle"
   compress  constrict  squeeze  compact  contract  press 
   
4. force or impel in an indicated direction
   "I urged him to finish his studies"
   urge  urge on  press  exhort 
   
5. press and smooth with a heated iron
   "press your shirts"; "she stood there ironing"
   iron  iron out  press 
   
6. lift weights
   "This guy can press 300 pounds"
   weight-lift  weightlift  press 
   
7. exert pressure or force to or upon
   "He pressed down on the boards"; "press your thumb on this spot"
   press 
   
8. place between two surfaces and apply weight or pressure
   "pressed flowers"
   press 
   
9. make strenuous pushing movements during birth to expel the baby
   "`Now push hard,' said the doctor to the woman"
   press  push 
   
10. press from a plastic
    "press a record"
    press  press out 
    
11. create by pressing
    "Press little holes into the soft clay"
    press 
    
12. crowd closely
    "The crowds pressed along the street"
    press 
    
13. be urgent
    "This is a pressing problem"
    press 
    
14. to be oppressive or burdensome
    "weigh heavily on the mind", "Something pressed on his mind"
    weigh  press 
    

1. a tall piece of furniture that provides storage space for clothes; has a door and rails or hooks for hanging clothes
   wardrobe  closet  press 
   
2. a dense crowd of people
   crush  jam  press 
   
3. the state of demanding notice or attention
   "the insistence of their hunger"; "the press of business matters"
   imperativeness  insistence  insistency  press  pressure 
   
4. any machine that exerts pressure to form or shape or cut materials or extract liquids or compress solids
   press  mechanical press 
   
5. a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then smoothly lifted overhead
   press  military press 
   
6. the act of pressing; the exertion of pressure
   "he gave the button a press"; "he used pressure to stop the bleeding"; "at the pressing of a button"
   press  pressure  pressing 
   
7. a machine used for printing
   press  printing press 
   
8. clamp to prevent wooden rackets from warping when not in use
   press 
   
9. the print media responsible for gathering and publishing news in the form of newspapers or magazines
   press  public press