1. A state in which martial law applies.
2. A sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action; SYN. exigency, pinch.

1. Immediate intuitive awareness; SYN. immediate apprehension.
2. Lack of an intervening or mediating agency; SYN. immediateness.
3. The quickness of action or occurrence; SYN. immediateness, instantaneousness, instancy.

ETYM Cf. French urgence.
1. Pressing importance requiring speedy action.
2. The state of being urgent; an earnest and insistent necessity.

(Irregular plural: presses).
1. Any machine that exerts pressure to form or shape or cut materials or extract liquids or compress solids.
2. A machine used for printing; SYN. printing press.
3. Clamp to prevent wooden rackets from warping when not in use.
4. Printed matter in the form of newspapers or magazines; SYN. public press.
5. The news media in general.
6. The act of pressing; SYN. pressure, pressing.
7. A weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then smoothly lifted overhead; SYN. military press.
8. The news media, in particular newspapers, journals, and periodical literature generally. The term is used also to describe journalists and reporters. + prikaži više

A device to retain larger pieces while smaller pieces and liquids pass through.

A clothes dryer consisting of two roles between which the wet clothes are squeezed.