Verb: press out pres awt
- Obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action
"Italians press out coffee rather than filter it";
- express, extract
- Make from plastic by moulding or to a shape or pattern
"The factory pressed out thousands of plastic toys";
- press
- Extinguish a cigarette or similar by placing or crushing the burning end against something
"He pressed out the cigarette in the ashtray";
- stub, extinguish, stub out
Derived forms: presses out, pressing out, pressed out
Type of: acquire, cast, extinguish, get, mold [N. Amer], mould [Brit, Cdn], quench, snuff out