verb

 

push to push something firmly

Press the button to start the machine.

 

persuade to try hard to persuade someone to do something

The committee pressed him to reveal more information.

 

make smooth to make clothes smooth by ironing them

I need to press these trousers.

 

make flat to make something flat by putting something heavy on it for a long time

to press fruit/flowers

 

noun

 

newspapers and magazines, or the people who write them

the local/national press

 

business a business that prints and sells books

Cambridge University Press

 

print a machine used to print books, newspapers, and magazines

 

make flat when you make cloth flat and smooth with a piece of equipment

Can you give these trousers a press?