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verb
noun
- (law) The thing taken by distraining; that which is seized to procure satisfaction.
- A cause of such discomfort.
- Serious danger.
- (medicine, psychology) An aversive state of stress to which a person cannot fully adapt.
- Physical or emotional discomfort, suffering, or alarm, particularly of a more acute nature.
- (law) A seizing of property without legal process to force payment of a debt.
- extreme physical pain
- a state of adversity (danger or affliction or need)
- psychological suffering
- the seizure and holding of property as security for payment of a debt or satisfaction of a claim
verb
- To overwhelm; to press excessively upon.
- simple past of overlie
- (transitive, gambling) To bet too much money on.
- (transitive) To lay, spread, or apply (something) over or across (something else); to overspread.
- (transitive, printing) To put an overlay on.
- kill by lying on
- put something on top of something else
noun
- (horse racing) A horse going off at higher odds than it appears to warrant, based on its past performances.
- (photography, graphic arts) An image to be overlaid on another; a superimposition or diapositive.
- A decal attached to a computer keyboard to relabel the keys.
- (Scotland) A cravat.
- (Internet) A pop-up covering an existing part of the display.
- (printing) A piece of paper pasted upon the tympan sheet to improve the impression by making it stronger at a particular place.
- (gambling) Odds which are set higher than expected or warranted. Favorable odds.
- (programming) A block of program code that is loaded over something previously loaded, so as to replace the functionality.
- A covering over something else.
- protective covering consisting, for example, of a layer of boards applied to the studs and joists of a building to strengthen it and serve as a foundation for a weatherproof exterior
- a layer of decorative material (such as gold leaf or wood veneer) applied over a surface
verb
- to suffer from stress
- test the limits of
- put stress on; utter with an accent
- to stress, single out as important
- (transitive) To apply emotional pressure to (a person or animal).
- (transitive) To emphasise (a point) in an argument or discussion.
- (transitive) To emphasise (a syllable of a word).
- (transitive) To apply force to (a body or structure) causing strain.
- (transitive) To emphasise (words in speaking).
- (intransitive, informal) To suffer stress; to worry or be agitated.
noun
- difficulty that causes worry or emotional tension
- (psychology) a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense
- special emphasis attached to something
- the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch)
- (physics) force that produces strain on a physical body
- (countable, physics) Force externally applied to a body which cause internal stress within the body.
- (uncountable) Emphasis placed on a particular point in an argument or discussion (whether spoken or written).
- (uncountable) Emotional pressure suffered by a human being or other animal.
- (biology) A physical, chemical, infective agent aggressing an organism.
- (countable, phonetics, loosely) A suprasegmental feature of a language having additional attention raised to a sound, word or word group by means of of loudness, duration or pitch; phonological prominence.
- (countable, phonetics, strictly) The suprasegmental feature of a language having additional attention raised to a sound by means of loudness and/or duration; phonological prominence phonetically achieved by means of dynamics as distinct from pitch.
- (biology) Aggression toward an organism resulting in a response in an attempt to restore previous conditions.
- (Scots law) distress; the act of distraining; also, the thing distrained.
- (countable, physics) The internal distribution of force across a small boundary per unit area of that boundary (pressure) within a body. It causes strain or deformation and is typically symbolised by σ or τ.
verb
- To put excessive burdens upon (someone); to subject (someone) to anxieties.
- (specifically) To persistently bother (someone, or a group of people) physically or psychologically when such behaviour is illegal and/or unwanted, especially over an extended period.
- To trouble (someone, or a group of people) through repeated military-style attacks.
- To annoy (someone) frequently or systematically; to pester.
- annoy continually or chronically
- exhaust by attacking repeatedly
verb
verb
- To do something excessively.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To provide (food or drinks) for free.
- (nautical) To sail towards or to arrive at (a destination).
- To provide.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To repeatedly say (particular types of thing).
- (colloquial) To blame; to shift blame onto someone or something.
- (transitive, slang) To give (money, drugs, etc.) to (someone).
- (UK) To give (something) as a gift, special treat or bonus.
- (transitive) To apply or implement (something).
- (transitive, slang, African-American Vernacular) To impart or explain (something) in words to (someone).
- (transitive) To cover something with a layer of (something).
- (nautical) To vigorously row (an oar) to propel a boat or ship.
verb
- (transitive) To make excessive demands on.
- (transitive) To impose and collect a tax from (a person or company).
- (transitive) To examine accounts in order to allow or disallow items.
- (transitive) To accuse.
- (transitive) To impose and collect a tax on (something).
- set or determine the amount of (a payment such as a fine)
- make a charge against or accuse
- levy a tax on
- use to the limit
noun
- Money or goods collected by a government (or an entity to whom the government has delegated this power, e.g. in tax farming) to fund itself and its services, for example by levying a charge on income, purchases (sales), property or harvest, other than that money which is collected by the government in exchange for specific goods (e.g. the purchase of surplus vehicles).
- A charge (of money, food, labor, etc) collected by a person, organization, etc; something required (exacted) from someone who is (really or notionally) under the control of the taxer, such as a contribution or service.
- (figurative, uncountable) A burdensome demand;
- charge against a citizen's person or property or activity for the support of government
verb
- strain excessively
- To expand or extend to an excessive degree, especially to do so beyond a safe limit; to overreach.
- (linguistics, transitive) To apply (a term) to too many referents, by overextension.
- (chess, transitive) To push a pawn too far, so that it becomes vulnerable to the opponent's attacks.
noun
- special and significant stress by means of position or repetition e.g.
- special importance or significance
- intensity or forcefulness of expression
- the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch)
- Special attention or prominence given to something.
- (typography) The use of boldface, italics, or other such formatting to highlight text.
- Special weight or forcefulness given to something considered important.
- Prominence given to a syllable or words, by raising the voice or printing in italic or underlined type.
- (phonology) The phonetic or phonological feature that distinguishes emphatic consonants from other consonants.
noun
- a difficult position where you are subjected to stress and criticism
- (figuratively, by extension) Any stressful situation.
- an instrument of execution by electrocution; resembles an ordinary seat for one person
- (slang) The electric chair.
- The seat occupied by a game show contestant at a stage where they are answering questions alone.
- (video games, attributive) A multiplayer game mode where the players take turns playing the game.
verb
- pressure or urge someone into an action
- sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity
- cause to move furtively and hurriedly
- move or cause to move energetically or busily
- get by trying hard
- (transitive) To bundle; to stow something quickly.
- (intransitive) To rush or hurry.
- (informal) To be a prostitute; to exchange use of one's body for sexual purposes for money.
- To play deliberately badly at a game or sport in an attempt to encourage players to challenge one.
- (informal) To sell sex; to work as a pimp.
- (informal) To work.
- (informal) To put a lot of effort into one's work.
- To dance the hustle, a disco dance.
- (transitive) To con, swindle, or deceive, especially financially.
- (informal) To obtain by illicit or forceful action.
- (informal) To serve (a clientele) as a prostitute.
- To push someone roughly; to crowd; to jostle.
noun
- a rapid active commotion
- a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
- A scam or swindle.
- (slang) An act of prostitution.
- A propensity to work hard and get things done; ability to hustle.
- (informal) An activity, especially to achieve a desired goal or make money.
- (prison slang) An activity, such as prostitution or reselling stolen items, that a prisoner uses to earn money in prison.
- A state of busy activity.
- (preceded by a definite article) A type of disco dance, commonly danced to the Van McCoy song The Hustle (1975).
verb
- do something to an excessive degree
- (transitive) To give (someone or something) too much work; to require too much effort or strength of (someone); to use up too much of (something).
- (transitive) To do too much; to exceed what is proper or true in doing; to carry too far.
- (transitive) To cook for too long.
noun
- (psychology) stress at which a person breaks down or a situation becomes crucial
- the degree of tension or stress at which something breaks
- (mechanics) The point at which the increasing strain in a material causes it to break.
- (figurative, by extension) The point at which a person or system succumbs to stresses or pressures and descends into crisis.
verb
- (transitive) To lay stress upon.
- To try to force (something upon someone).
- (transitive, sewing) To flatten a selected area of fabric using an iron with an up-and-down, not sliding, motion, so as to avoid disturbing adjacent areas.
- (transitive) To reduce to a particular shape or form by pressure, especially flatten or smooth.
- (transitive) To clasp, hold in an embrace.
- To force into service, particularly into naval service.
- (transitive) To hasten, urge onward.
- (ambitransitive) To throng, crowd.
- (transitive, mechanics, electronics) To activate a button or key by exerting a downward or forward force on it, and then releasing it.
- (transitive) To force to a certain end or result; to urge strongly.
- (transitive) To compress, squeeze.
- (transitive) To urge, beseech, entreat.
- (ambitransitive) To exert weight or force against, to act upon with force or weight; to exert pressure upon.
- (transitive) To drive or thrust by pressure, to force in a certain direction.
- be urgent
- 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
- lift weights
- ask for or request earnestly
- to be oppressive or burdensome
- press and smooth with a heated iron
- make strenuous pushing movements during birth to expel the baby
- place between two surfaces and apply weight or pressure
- squeeze or press together
- force or impel in an indicated direction
- press from a plastic
- exert pressure or force to or upon
- create by pressing
- crowd closely
noun
- (countable) A printing machine.
- (countable, weightlifting) An exercise in which weight is forced away from the body by extension of the arms or legs.
- (countable, especially in Ireland and Scotland) An enclosed storage space (e.g. closet, cupboard).
- (uncountable) A crowd.
- (countable) A device used to apply pressure to an item.
- An instance of applying pressure; an instance of pressing.
- A commission to force men into public service, particularly into the navy.
- (countable) Pure, unfermented grape juice.
- (uncountable, collective) The print-based media (both the people and the newspapers).
- (countable) A publisher.
- (psychology) In personology, any environmental factor that arouses a need in the individual.
- (countable, golf, gambling) An additional bet in a golf match that duplicates an existing (usually losing) wager in value, but begins even at the time of the bet.
- a tall piece of furniture that provides storage space for clothes; has a door and rails or hooks for hanging clothes
- a dense crowd of people
- a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then smoothly lifted overhead
- clamp to prevent wooden rackets from warping when not in use
- the print media responsible for gathering and publishing news in the form of newspapers or magazines
- the act of pressing; the exertion of pressure
- any machine that exerts pressure to form or shape or cut materials or extract liquids or compress solids
- a machine used for printing
- the state of demanding notice or attention
adj
noun
verb
verb
noun
verb
verb
- To strain; to subject to excessive tests.
- To have or gain knowledge of by experience.
- (nautical) To lie to in heavy weather under just sufficient sail to head into the wind.
- (specifically) To test someone's patience.
- To settle; to decide; to determine; specifically, to decide by an appeal to arms.
- To put to test.
- (law) To put on trial.
- To work on something with one's best effort and focus.
- (with indirect interrogative clause) To attempt to determine (by experiment or effort).
- (slang, chiefly African-American Vernacular, used with another verb) To want, to desire.
- (figuratively, chiefly used in the imperative) To receive an imminent attack; to take.
- To prove by experiment; to apply a test to, for the purpose of determining the quality; to examine; to prove; to test.
- To taste, sample, etc.
- (euphemistic, of a couple) To attempt to conceive a child.
- To attempt; to endeavour. Followed by infinitive.
- To make an experiment. Usually followed by a present participle.
- examine or hear (evidence or a case) by judicial process
- put on a garment in order to see whether it fits and looks nice
- take a sample of
- give pain or trouble to
- melt (fat or lard) in order to separate out impurities
- put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to
- test the limits of
- make an effort or attempt
- put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of
noun
- (programming) A block of code that may trigger exceptions the programmer expects to catch, usually demarcated by the keyword try.
- (American football) A field goal or extra point
- (rugby) A score in rugby league and rugby union, analogous to a touchdown in American football.
- An attempt.
- An act of tasting or sampling.
- (chess) A move that almost solves a chess problem, except that Black has a unique defense.
- earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
verb
- (reflexive, informal) To exert oneself to an excessive degree.
- (transitive or intransitive, figuratively, hyperbolic) To cause great pain, discomfort, or distress to; to hurt.
- (figuratively, informal, hyperbolic, transitive) To punish severely.
- (transitive) To render inoperative.
- (transitive) To use up or to waste.
- (computing, Internet, IRC, transitive) To disconnect (a user) involuntarily from the network.
- (transitive, figuratively) To produce feelings of dissatisfaction or revulsion in.
- (transitive, sports) To strike (a ball, etc.) with such force and placement as to make a shot that is impossible to defend against, usually winning a point.
- (slang) To sexually penetrate in a skillful way.
- (transitive) To put to death; to extinguish the life of.
- (transitive, sports) To cause (a ball, etc.) to be out of play, resulting in a stoppage of gameplay.
- (transitive, figuratively, informal) To overpower, overwhelm, or defeat.
- (transitive, figuratively) To stop, cease, or render void; to terminate.
- To succeed with an audience, especially in comedy.
- (transitive, figuratively, hyperbolic) To amaze, exceed, stun, or otherwise incapacitate.
- (transitive) To force a company out of business.
- (metallurgy) To deadmelt.
- (mathematics, transitive, informal) To cause to assume the value zero.
- deprive of life
- hit with so much force as to make a return impossible, in racket games
- tire out completely
- thwart the passage of
- mark for deletion, rub off, or erase
- overwhelm with hilarity, pleasure, or admiration
- end or extinguish by forceful means
- drink down entirely
- be the source of great pain for
- cause to cease operating
- cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly
- be fatal
- destroy a vitally essential quality of or in
- cause the death of, without intention
noun
- The act of killing.
- (New York) A creek; a body of water; a channel or arm of the sea.
- (volleyball) The grounding of the ball on the opponent's court, winning the rally.
- (military, gaming, countable) An instance of killing; a score on the tally of enemy personnel or vehicles killed or destroyed.
- Specifically, the death blow.
- The result of killing; that which has been killed.
- (rare) Alternative form of kiln.
- the destruction of an enemy plane or ship or tank or missile
- the body of an animal, or bodies of animals, killed by a person or another animal
- the act of terminating a life
noun
- (figuratively) That which causes stress or is extremely difficult, especially that which may cause failure at a task.
- One who or that which kills.
- Ellipsis of killer whale.
- (figuratively) Something that is so far ahead of its competition that it effectively kills off that competition.
- (sports, uncountable) A knockout form of darts or pool involving several players.
- Synonym of virama (“kind of diacritical mark”).
- A club used for killing fish.
- (philately) A particularly heavy type of handstamp, or portion of one, often obscuring a large part of the postage stamp.
- (figuratively) A remarkably impressive person or thing.
- predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin; common in cold seas
- the causal agent resulting in death
- a difficulty that is hard to deal with
- someone who causes the death of a person or animal
adj
noun
- special and significant stress by means of position or repetition e.g.
- special importance or significance
- intensity or forcefulness of expression
- the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch)
- Special attention or prominence given to something.
- (typography) The use of boldface, italics, or other such formatting to highlight text.
- Special weight or forcefulness given to something considered important.
- Prominence given to a syllable or words, by raising the voice or printing in italic or underlined type.
- (phonology) The phonetic or phonological feature that distinguishes emphatic consonants from other consonants.
noun
- a difficult position where you are subjected to stress and criticism
- (figuratively, by extension) Any stressful situation.
- an instrument of execution by electrocution; resembles an ordinary seat for one person
- (slang) The electric chair.
- The seat occupied by a game show contestant at a stage where they are answering questions alone.
- (video games, attributive) A multiplayer game mode where the players take turns playing the game.
noun
- (psychology) stress at which a person breaks down or a situation becomes crucial
- the degree of tension or stress at which something breaks
- (mechanics) The point at which the increasing strain in a material causes it to break.
- (figurative, by extension) The point at which a person or system succumbs to stresses or pressures and descends into crisis.
noun
- (figuratively) That which causes stress or is extremely difficult, especially that which may cause failure at a task.
- One who or that which kills.
- Ellipsis of killer whale.
- (figuratively) Something that is so far ahead of its competition that it effectively kills off that competition.
- (sports, uncountable) A knockout form of darts or pool involving several players.
- Synonym of virama (“kind of diacritical mark”).
- A club used for killing fish.
- (philately) A particularly heavy type of handstamp, or portion of one, often obscuring a large part of the postage stamp.
- (figuratively) A remarkably impressive person or thing.
- predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin; common in cold seas
- the causal agent resulting in death
- a difficulty that is hard to deal with
- someone who causes the death of a person or animal
adj
verb
noun
- (law) The thing taken by distraining; that which is seized to procure satisfaction.
- A cause of such discomfort.
- Serious danger.
- (medicine, psychology) An aversive state of stress to which a person cannot fully adapt.
- Physical or emotional discomfort, suffering, or alarm, particularly of a more acute nature.
- (law) A seizing of property without legal process to force payment of a debt.
- extreme physical pain
- a state of adversity (danger or affliction or need)
- psychological suffering
- the seizure and holding of property as security for payment of a debt or satisfaction of a claim
verb
- To overwhelm; to press excessively upon.
- simple past of overlie
- (transitive, gambling) To bet too much money on.
- (transitive) To lay, spread, or apply (something) over or across (something else); to overspread.
- (transitive, printing) To put an overlay on.
- kill by lying on
- put something on top of something else
noun
- (horse racing) A horse going off at higher odds than it appears to warrant, based on its past performances.
- (photography, graphic arts) An image to be overlaid on another; a superimposition or diapositive.
- A decal attached to a computer keyboard to relabel the keys.
- (Scotland) A cravat.
- (Internet) A pop-up covering an existing part of the display.
- (printing) A piece of paper pasted upon the tympan sheet to improve the impression by making it stronger at a particular place.
- (gambling) Odds which are set higher than expected or warranted. Favorable odds.
- (programming) A block of program code that is loaded over something previously loaded, so as to replace the functionality.
- A covering over something else.
- protective covering consisting, for example, of a layer of boards applied to the studs and joists of a building to strengthen it and serve as a foundation for a weatherproof exterior
- a layer of decorative material (such as gold leaf or wood veneer) applied over a surface
verb
- to suffer from stress
- test the limits of
- put stress on; utter with an accent
- to stress, single out as important
- (transitive) To apply emotional pressure to (a person or animal).
- (transitive) To emphasise (a point) in an argument or discussion.
- (transitive) To emphasise (a syllable of a word).
- (transitive) To apply force to (a body or structure) causing strain.
- (transitive) To emphasise (words in speaking).
- (intransitive, informal) To suffer stress; to worry or be agitated.
noun
- difficulty that causes worry or emotional tension
- (psychology) a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense
- special emphasis attached to something
- the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch)
- (physics) force that produces strain on a physical body
- (countable, physics) Force externally applied to a body which cause internal stress within the body.
- (uncountable) Emphasis placed on a particular point in an argument or discussion (whether spoken or written).
- (uncountable) Emotional pressure suffered by a human being or other animal.
- (biology) A physical, chemical, infective agent aggressing an organism.
- (countable, phonetics, loosely) A suprasegmental feature of a language having additional attention raised to a sound, word or word group by means of of loudness, duration or pitch; phonological prominence.
- (countable, phonetics, strictly) The suprasegmental feature of a language having additional attention raised to a sound by means of loudness and/or duration; phonological prominence phonetically achieved by means of dynamics as distinct from pitch.
- (biology) Aggression toward an organism resulting in a response in an attempt to restore previous conditions.
- (Scots law) distress; the act of distraining; also, the thing distrained.
- (countable, physics) The internal distribution of force across a small boundary per unit area of that boundary (pressure) within a body. It causes strain or deformation and is typically symbolised by σ or τ.
verb
- To put excessive burdens upon (someone); to subject (someone) to anxieties.
- (specifically) To persistently bother (someone, or a group of people) physically or psychologically when such behaviour is illegal and/or unwanted, especially over an extended period.
- To trouble (someone, or a group of people) through repeated military-style attacks.
- To annoy (someone) frequently or systematically; to pester.
- annoy continually or chronically
- exhaust by attacking repeatedly
verb
verb
- To do something excessively.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To provide (food or drinks) for free.
- (nautical) To sail towards or to arrive at (a destination).
- To provide.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To repeatedly say (particular types of thing).
- (colloquial) To blame; to shift blame onto someone or something.
- (transitive, slang) To give (money, drugs, etc.) to (someone).
- (UK) To give (something) as a gift, special treat or bonus.
- (transitive) To apply or implement (something).
- (transitive, slang, African-American Vernacular) To impart or explain (something) in words to (someone).
- (transitive) To cover something with a layer of (something).
- (nautical) To vigorously row (an oar) to propel a boat or ship.
verb
- (transitive) To make excessive demands on.
- (transitive) To impose and collect a tax from (a person or company).
- (transitive) To examine accounts in order to allow or disallow items.
- (transitive) To accuse.
- (transitive) To impose and collect a tax on (something).
- set or determine the amount of (a payment such as a fine)
- make a charge against or accuse
- levy a tax on
- use to the limit
noun
- Money or goods collected by a government (or an entity to whom the government has delegated this power, e.g. in tax farming) to fund itself and its services, for example by levying a charge on income, purchases (sales), property or harvest, other than that money which is collected by the government in exchange for specific goods (e.g. the purchase of surplus vehicles).
- A charge (of money, food, labor, etc) collected by a person, organization, etc; something required (exacted) from someone who is (really or notionally) under the control of the taxer, such as a contribution or service.
- (figurative, uncountable) A burdensome demand;
- charge against a citizen's person or property or activity for the support of government
verb
- strain excessively
- To expand or extend to an excessive degree, especially to do so beyond a safe limit; to overreach.
- (linguistics, transitive) To apply (a term) to too many referents, by overextension.
- (chess, transitive) To push a pawn too far, so that it becomes vulnerable to the opponent's attacks.
verb
- pressure or urge someone into an action
- sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity
- cause to move furtively and hurriedly
- move or cause to move energetically or busily
- get by trying hard
- (transitive) To bundle; to stow something quickly.
- (intransitive) To rush or hurry.
- (informal) To be a prostitute; to exchange use of one's body for sexual purposes for money.
- To play deliberately badly at a game or sport in an attempt to encourage players to challenge one.
- (informal) To sell sex; to work as a pimp.
- (informal) To work.
- (informal) To put a lot of effort into one's work.
- To dance the hustle, a disco dance.
- (transitive) To con, swindle, or deceive, especially financially.
- (informal) To obtain by illicit or forceful action.
- (informal) To serve (a clientele) as a prostitute.
- To push someone roughly; to crowd; to jostle.
noun
- a rapid active commotion
- a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
- A scam or swindle.
- (slang) An act of prostitution.
- A propensity to work hard and get things done; ability to hustle.
- (informal) An activity, especially to achieve a desired goal or make money.
- (prison slang) An activity, such as prostitution or reselling stolen items, that a prisoner uses to earn money in prison.
- A state of busy activity.
- (preceded by a definite article) A type of disco dance, commonly danced to the Van McCoy song The Hustle (1975).
verb
- do something to an excessive degree
- (transitive) To give (someone or something) too much work; to require too much effort or strength of (someone); to use up too much of (something).
- (transitive) To do too much; to exceed what is proper or true in doing; to carry too far.
- (transitive) To cook for too long.
verb
- (transitive) To lay stress upon.
- To try to force (something upon someone).
- (transitive, sewing) To flatten a selected area of fabric using an iron with an up-and-down, not sliding, motion, so as to avoid disturbing adjacent areas.
- (transitive) To reduce to a particular shape or form by pressure, especially flatten or smooth.
- (transitive) To clasp, hold in an embrace.
- To force into service, particularly into naval service.
- (transitive) To hasten, urge onward.
- (ambitransitive) To throng, crowd.
- (transitive, mechanics, electronics) To activate a button or key by exerting a downward or forward force on it, and then releasing it.
- (transitive) To force to a certain end or result; to urge strongly.
- (transitive) To compress, squeeze.
- (transitive) To urge, beseech, entreat.
- (ambitransitive) To exert weight or force against, to act upon with force or weight; to exert pressure upon.
- (transitive) To drive or thrust by pressure, to force in a certain direction.
- be urgent
- 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
- lift weights
- ask for or request earnestly
- to be oppressive or burdensome
- press and smooth with a heated iron
- make strenuous pushing movements during birth to expel the baby
- place between two surfaces and apply weight or pressure
- squeeze or press together
- force or impel in an indicated direction
- press from a plastic
- exert pressure or force to or upon
- create by pressing
- crowd closely
noun
- (countable) A printing machine.
- (countable, weightlifting) An exercise in which weight is forced away from the body by extension of the arms or legs.
- (countable, especially in Ireland and Scotland) An enclosed storage space (e.g. closet, cupboard).
- (uncountable) A crowd.
- (countable) A device used to apply pressure to an item.
- An instance of applying pressure; an instance of pressing.
- A commission to force men into public service, particularly into the navy.
- (countable) Pure, unfermented grape juice.
- (uncountable, collective) The print-based media (both the people and the newspapers).
- (countable) A publisher.
- (psychology) In personology, any environmental factor that arouses a need in the individual.
- (countable, golf, gambling) An additional bet in a golf match that duplicates an existing (usually losing) wager in value, but begins even at the time of the bet.
- a tall piece of furniture that provides storage space for clothes; has a door and rails or hooks for hanging clothes
- a dense crowd of people
- a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then smoothly lifted overhead
- clamp to prevent wooden rackets from warping when not in use
- the print media responsible for gathering and publishing news in the form of newspapers or magazines
- the act of pressing; the exertion of pressure
- any machine that exerts pressure to form or shape or cut materials or extract liquids or compress solids
- a machine used for printing
- the state of demanding notice or attention
verb
noun
verb
verb
- To strain; to subject to excessive tests.
- To have or gain knowledge of by experience.
- (nautical) To lie to in heavy weather under just sufficient sail to head into the wind.
- (specifically) To test someone's patience.
- To settle; to decide; to determine; specifically, to decide by an appeal to arms.
- To put to test.
- (law) To put on trial.
- To work on something with one's best effort and focus.
- (with indirect interrogative clause) To attempt to determine (by experiment or effort).
- (slang, chiefly African-American Vernacular, used with another verb) To want, to desire.
- (figuratively, chiefly used in the imperative) To receive an imminent attack; to take.
- To prove by experiment; to apply a test to, for the purpose of determining the quality; to examine; to prove; to test.
- To taste, sample, etc.
- (euphemistic, of a couple) To attempt to conceive a child.
- To attempt; to endeavour. Followed by infinitive.
- To make an experiment. Usually followed by a present participle.
- examine or hear (evidence or a case) by judicial process
- put on a garment in order to see whether it fits and looks nice
- take a sample of
- give pain or trouble to
- melt (fat or lard) in order to separate out impurities
- put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to
- test the limits of
- make an effort or attempt
- put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of
noun
- (programming) A block of code that may trigger exceptions the programmer expects to catch, usually demarcated by the keyword try.
- (American football) A field goal or extra point
- (rugby) A score in rugby league and rugby union, analogous to a touchdown in American football.
- An attempt.
- An act of tasting or sampling.
- (chess) A move that almost solves a chess problem, except that Black has a unique defense.
- earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
verb
- (reflexive, informal) To exert oneself to an excessive degree.
- (transitive or intransitive, figuratively, hyperbolic) To cause great pain, discomfort, or distress to; to hurt.
- (figuratively, informal, hyperbolic, transitive) To punish severely.
- (transitive) To render inoperative.
- (transitive) To use up or to waste.
- (computing, Internet, IRC, transitive) To disconnect (a user) involuntarily from the network.
- (transitive, figuratively) To produce feelings of dissatisfaction or revulsion in.
- (transitive, sports) To strike (a ball, etc.) with such force and placement as to make a shot that is impossible to defend against, usually winning a point.
- (slang) To sexually penetrate in a skillful way.
- (transitive) To put to death; to extinguish the life of.
- (transitive, sports) To cause (a ball, etc.) to be out of play, resulting in a stoppage of gameplay.
- (transitive, figuratively, informal) To overpower, overwhelm, or defeat.
- (transitive, figuratively) To stop, cease, or render void; to terminate.
- To succeed with an audience, especially in comedy.
- (transitive, figuratively, hyperbolic) To amaze, exceed, stun, or otherwise incapacitate.
- (transitive) To force a company out of business.
- (metallurgy) To deadmelt.
- (mathematics, transitive, informal) To cause to assume the value zero.
- deprive of life
- hit with so much force as to make a return impossible, in racket games
- tire out completely
- thwart the passage of
- mark for deletion, rub off, or erase
- overwhelm with hilarity, pleasure, or admiration
- end or extinguish by forceful means
- drink down entirely
- be the source of great pain for
- cause to cease operating
- cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly
- be fatal
- destroy a vitally essential quality of or in
- cause the death of, without intention
noun
- The act of killing.
- (New York) A creek; a body of water; a channel or arm of the sea.
- (volleyball) The grounding of the ball on the opponent's court, winning the rally.
- (military, gaming, countable) An instance of killing; a score on the tally of enemy personnel or vehicles killed or destroyed.
- Specifically, the death blow.
- The result of killing; that which has been killed.
- (rare) Alternative form of kiln.
- the destruction of an enemy plane or ship or tank or missile
- the body of an animal, or bodies of animals, killed by a person or another animal
- the act of terminating a life