English Dictionary

press

IPA（発音記号）

/pɹɛs/

動詞

自動詞 他動詞 廃用

(transitive, intransitive) To exert weight or force against, to act upon with force or weight; to exert pressure upon.

日本語の意味

力や重みを加えて、何かを押す、押し付ける。 / 圧力や重さによって何かに力を作用させる。

Carefully press the lid down until it snaps into place.

ふたを慎重に押し下げ、カチッとはまるまで押してください。

意味（1）

(transitive, intransitive) To exert weight or force against, to act upon with force or weight; to exert pressure upon.

意味（2）

(transitive, mechanics, electronics) To activate a button or key by exerting a downward or forward force on it, and then releasing it.

意味（3）

(transitive) To compress, squeeze.

to press fruit for the purpose of extracting the juice

意味（4）

(transitive) To clasp, hold in an embrace.

With tears and ſmiles ſhe took her ſon, and preſs'd / Th' illuſtrious infant to her fragrant breaſt.

意味（5）

(transitive) To reduce to a particular shape or form by pressure, especially flatten or smooth.

to press cloth with a clothes-iron

意味（6）

(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.

意味（7）

(transitive) To drive or thrust by pressure, to force in a certain direction.

to press a crowd back

意味（8）

(transitive, obsolete) To weigh upon, oppress, trouble.

He turns from us; / Alas, he weeps too! Something presses him / He would reveal, but dare not. Sir, be comforted.

意味（9）

(transitive) To force to a certain end or result; to urge strongly.

The two gentlemen who conducted me to the island were pressed by their private affairs to return in three days.

意味（10）

To try to force (something upon someone).

to press the Bible on an audience

意味（11）

(transitive) To hasten, urge onward.

to press a horse in a race

意味（12）

(transitive) To urge, beseech, entreat.

God heard their prayers, wherein they earnestly pressed him for the honor of his great name.

意味（13）

(transitive) To lay stress upon.

If we read but a very little, we naturally want to press it all; if we read a great deal, we are willing not to press the whole of what we read, and we learn what ought to be pressed and what not.

意味（14）

(transitive, intransitive) To throng, crowd.

意味（15）

(transitive, obsolete) To print.

意味（16）

To force into service, particularly into naval service.

The peaceful peasant to the wars is press'd.

presses （ present singular third-person ）

pressing （ participle present ）

pressed （ participle past ）

pressed （ past ）

prest （ participle past ）

prest （ past ）