Synonyms: press, pressing, pressure
Definition: the act of pressing; the exertion of pressure
Usage: he gave the button a press; he used pressure to stop the bleeding; at the pressing of a button
Definition: the act of applying force in order to move something away
Usage: he gave the door a hard push; the pushing is good exercise
Synonyms: pressure
Definition: a force that compels
Usage: the public brought pressure to bear on the government
Similar words: force
Definition: a powerful effect or influence
Usage: the force of his eloquence easily persuaded them
Synonyms: pressure, pressure sensation
Definition: the somatic sensation that results from applying force to an area of skin
Usage: the sensitivity of his skin to pressure and temperature was normal
Similar words: somaesthesia, somatesthesia, somatic sensation, somesthesia
Definition: the perception of tactual or proprioceptive or gut sensations
Usage: he relied on somesthesia to warn him of pressure changes
Synonyms: air pressure, atmospheric pressure, pressure
Definition: the pressure exerted by the atmosphere
Similar words: gas pressure
Definition: the pressure exerted by a gas
Synonyms: force per unit area, pressure, pressure level
Definition: the force applied to a unit area of surface; measured in pascals (SI unit) or in dynes (cgs unit)
Usage: the compressed gas exerts an increased pressure
Similar words: physical phenomenon
Definition: a natural phenomenon involving the physical properties of matter and energy
Synonyms: imperativeness, insistence, insistency, press, pressure
Definition: the state of demanding notice or attention
Usage: the insistence of their hunger; the press of business matters
Similar words: urgency
Definition: the state of being urgent; an earnest and insistent necessity
Synonyms: pressure
Definition: an oppressive condition of physical or mental or social or economic distress
Similar words: distress
Definition: a state of adversity (danger or affliction or need)
Usage: a ship in distress; she was the classic maiden in distress
Synonyms: squeeze, pressure, force, hale, coerce
Definition: to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :"She forced him to take a job in the city"
Usage: He squeezed her for information
Similar words: obligate, oblige, compel
Definition: force somebody to do something
Usage: We compel all students to fill out this form
Synonyms: pressure, blackjack, blackmail
Definition: exert pressure on someone through threats
Similar words: act upon, work, influence
Definition: have and exert influence or effect
Usage: The artist's work influenced the young painter; She worked on her friends to support the political candidate