pressing
/ˈpɹɛsɪŋ/ noun B2- The application of pressure by a press or other means.
- A metal or plastic part made with a press.
- The process of improving the appearance of clothing by improving creases and removing wrinkles with a press or an iron.
- A memento preserved by pressing, folding, or drying between the leaves of a flat container, book, or folio. Usually done with a flower, ribbon, letter, or other soft, small keepsake.
- The extraction of juice from fruit using a press.
- A phonograph record; a number of records pressed at the same time.
- Urgent insistence.
- A tactic of defending players moving forward towards the ball, rather than remaining in position near their goal.
Plural pressings
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He is sure—‘confidence’ was as near as he could get to ‘confident’—that it is pressing.
As he spoke, his nimble fingers were flying here, there, and everywhere, feeling, pressing, unbuttoning, examining, while his eyes wore the same far-away expression which I have already remarked upon.
But Matthew so rarely went from home that it must be something pressing and unusual which was taking him; he was the shyest man alive and hated to have to go among strangers or to any place where he might have to talk.
The call must have been very pressing, since he left his girl standing in the fog and made no effort to communicate with her.
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