1. Comprimer. Presser une orange.
2. Appuyer sur. Presser un bouton.
3. Hâter. Presser le pas.
4. (Intrans.) (Familier) Urger. Une affaire qui presse.
1. To hasten; to strive for greater speed; to urge on.
2. To rush in a careless or thoughtless way.
3. To cause to be done quickly; SYN. hasten, precipitate, expedite, quicken, accelerate, urge.
ETYM Corrupt. from prest ready money advanced, a loan; hence, earnest money given soldiers on entering service. Related to Prest.
1. To be urgent.
2. To create by pressing.
3. To crowd closely.
4. To exert pressure or force to or upon.
5. To place between two surfaces and apply weight or pressure.
1. To act or move at high speed; SYN. hasten, hurry, look sharp.
2. To attack suddenly.
3. To urge to an unnatural speed; SYN. hurry.
4. To move faster or hastily; SYN. hotfoot, hasten, hie, speed, race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along.
5. To run with the ball, in football.
1. To press firmly
2. To exert pressure especially on opposite sides of; compress; to extract or emit under pressure; to force or thrust by compression
3. To get by extortion; to deprive by extortion; to cause economic hardship to; to reduce the amount of
4. To crowd into a limited area
5. To gain or win by a narrow margin
6. To force (another player) to discard in bridge so as to unguard a suit
7. To score by means of a squeeze play
8. To give way before pressure
9. To exert pressure; also; to practice extortion or oppression
10. To force one's way
11. To pass, win, or get by narrowly