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PRESS OUT
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Extinguish by crushing
Example:
stub out your cigar
Synonyms:
crush out; extinguish; press out; stub out
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "press out" is one way to...):
end; terminate (bring to an end or halt)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 2
Meaning:
Obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action
Example:
Italians express coffee rather than filter it
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "press out" is one way to...):
acquire; get (come into the possession of something concrete or abstract)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "press out"):
ream (squeeze the juice out (of a fruit) with a reamer)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 3
Meaning:
Press from a plastic
Example:
press a record
Synonyms:
press; press out
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Hypernyms (to "press out" is one way to...):
cast; mold; mould (form by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mold)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
