1. a crowd or crowded condition throng

2. a thronging or crowding forward or together

3. an apparatus or machine by which a substance is cut or shaped, an impression of a body is taken, a material is compressed, pressure is applied to a body, liquid is expressed, or a cutting tool is fed into the work by pressure

4. a building containing presses or a business using presses

5. closet, cupboard

6. an action of pressing or pushing pressure

7. an aggressive pressuring defense employed in basketball often over the entire court area

8. the properly smoothed and creased condition of a freshly pressed garment
out of press

9. printing press

10. the act or the process of printing

11. a printing or publishing establishment

12. the gathering and publishing or broadcasting of news journalism

13. newspapers, periodicals, and often radio and television news broadcasting

14. news reporters, publishers, and broadcasters

15. comment or notice in newspapers and periodicals
is getting a good press

16. any of various pressure devices (such as one for keeping sporting gear from warping when not in use)

17. a lift in weight lifting in which the weight is raised to shoulder height and then smoothly extended overhead without assist from the legs — compare clean and jerk, snatch

18. to act upon through steady pushing or thrusting force exerted in contact squeeze

19. assail, harass

20. afflict, oppress

21. to squeeze out the juice or contents of

22. to squeeze with apparatus or instruments to a desired density, smoothness, or shape
press [=iron] a shirt … the drained curds are generally pressed together into solid blocks of cheese.
— Caroline Campion

23. to exert influence on constrain

24. to try hard to persuade beseech, entreat

25. to move by means of pressure

26. to lay stress or emphasis on

27. to insist on or request urgently

28. to follow through (a course of action)

29. to clasp in affection or courtesy

30. to make (a phonograph record) from a matrix (see matrix sense 2d) also to make (another kind of disk, such as a CD) by a similar process

31. to crowd closely mass

32. to force or push one's way

33. to seek urgently contend

34. to require haste or speed in action

35. to exert pressure

36. to take or hold a press

37. to employ a press in basketball

38. to greet and shake hands with people especially while campaigning for political office

39. to force into service especially in an army or navy impress

40. to take by authority especially for public use commandeer

41. to take and force into any usually emergency service

42. to impress men as soldiers or sailors

43. impressment into service especially in a navy

44. a warrant for impressing recruits

45. to push steadily against
Press the button.

46. to ask or urge strongly
I did not press her to explain.
— Katherine Paterson, Jacob Have I Loved

47. to move forward forcefully
A crowd pressed toward the gate.

48. to squeeze so as to force out the juice or contents
press apples

49. to flatten out or smooth by bearing down upon especially by ironing
press clothes

50. crowd entry 2 sense 1, throng
He got caught in the press of holiday shoppers.

51. a machine that uses pressure to shape, flatten, squeeze, or stamp

52. the act of pressing pressure
the press of a button

53. a printing or publishing business

54. the newspapers and magazines of a country

55. news reporters and broadcasters

56. printing press

57. closet