1. Compelling immediate action
   "too pressing to permit of longer delay";
   - urgent
    
2. Persistently insisting
   "He was pressing and persuasive"

1. The act of pressing; the exertion of pressure
   "at the pressing of a button";
   - press, pressure
    
2. A metal or plastic part that is made by a mechanical press
   "The factory produced thousands of pressings for the automotive industry"

1. Exert pressure or force to or upon
   "He pressed down on the boards"; "press your thumb on this spot"
    
2. Force or impel in an indicated direction
   "I pressed him to finish his studies";
   - urge, urge on, exhort
    
3. Place between two surfaces and apply weight or pressure
   "pressed flowers"
    
4. Bring together or compress
   "she pressed her lips";
   - compress, constrict, squeeze, compact, contract
    
5. Create by pressing
   "Press little holes into the soft clay"
    
6. Apply pressure and smooth with a heated iron
   "press your shirts";
   - iron, iron out
    
7. Make from plastic by moulding or to a shape or pattern
   "press a record"; "The factory pressed out thousands of plastic toys";
   - press out
    
8. Crowd closely
   "The crowds pressed along the street"
    
9. To be oppressive or burdensome
   "Something pressed on his mind";
   - weigh
    
10. Be urgent
    "This is a pressing problem"
     
11. 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
    "She is pressing for women's rights";
    - crusade, fight, campaign, push, agitate
     
12. Make strenuous pushing movements during birth to expel the baby
    "'Now press hard,' said the doctor to the woman";
    - push
     
13. Lift weights
    "This guy can press 300 pounds";
    - weight-lift, weightlift
     
14. Ask for or request earnestly
    "He pressed his friend for an answer";
    - bid, beseech, entreat, adjure, conjure [archaic]

Derived forms: pressings

See also: imperative

Type of: advertise, advertize [US, non-standard], advise, be, cast, counsel, count, create, exercise, exist, flack [N. Amer, informal], flatten, flatten out, force, make, mass, matter, mold [N. Amer], mould [Brit, Cdn], pancake, part, plead, portion, promote, push, pushing, rede [archaic], tighten, touch, weigh, work out

Encyclopedia: Pressing