Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - press

 I. noun  Etymology: Middle English ~e, from Anglo-French, from ~er to ~  Date: 13th century  1.  a. a crowd or crowded condition ; throng  b. a thronging or crowding forward or together  2.  a. an apparatus or machine by which a substance is cut or shaped, an im~ion of a body is taken, a material is com~ed, ~ure is applied to a body, liquid is ex~ed, or a cutting tool is fed into the work by ~ure  b. a building containing ~es or a business using ~es  3. closet, cupboard  4.  a. an action of ~ing or pushing ; ~ure  b. an aggressive ~uring defense employed in basketball often over the entire court area  5. the properly smoothed and creased condition of a freshly ~ed garment out of ~  6.  a. printing ~  b. the act or the process of printing  c. a printing or publishing establishment  7.  a. the gathering and publishing or broadcasting of news ; journalism  b. newspapers, periodicals, and often radio and television news broadcasting  c. news reporters, publishers, and broadcasters  d. comment or notice in newspapers and periodicals is getting a good ~  8. any of various ~ure devices (as one for keeping sporting gear from warping when not in use)  9. 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  II. verb  Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French ~er, from Latin ~are, frequentative of premere to ~; probably akin to Russian naperet' to ~  Date: 14th century  transitive verb  1. to act upon through steady pushing or thrusting force exerted in contact ; squeeze  2.  a. assail, harass  b. afflict, op~  3.  a. to squeeze out the juice or contents of  b. to squeeze with apparatus or instruments to a desired density, smoothness, or shape  4.  a. to exert influence on ; constrain  b. to try hard to persuade ; beseech, entreat  5. to move by means of ~ure  6.  a. to lay stress or emphasis on  b. to insist on or request urgently  7. to follow through (a course of action)  8. to clasp in affection or courtesy  9. to make (a phonograph record) from a matrix  intransitive verb  1. to crowd closely ; mass  2. to force or push one's way  3. to seek urgently ; contend  4. to require haste or speed in action  5. to exert ~ure  6. to take or hold a ~  7. to employ a ~ in basketball  • ~er noun  III. verb  Etymology: alteration of obsolete prest to enlist by giving pay in advance  Date: 1578  transitive verb  1. to force into service especially in an army or navy ; im~  2.  a. to take by authority especially for public use ; commandeer  b. to take and force into any usually emergency service  intransitive verb to im~ men as soldiers or sailors  IV. noun  Date: 1599  1. im~ment into service especially in a navy  2. obsolete a warrant for im~ing recruits