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# pressing

verb (press, presses, pressed, pressing — "pressing" is the -ing form); adjective (pressing — urgent); noun (a pressing, as of a record)

«pressing» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Pushing on something firmly, like pressing a button or pressing down on a cut. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pressing/#m1)
2. Making something flat or smooth by pushing on it, like pressing flowers or ironing clothes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pressing/#m2)
3. As an adjective, pressing means urgent: something that needs to be done now. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pressing/#m3)
4. Asking someone strongly and again and again: pressing him for an answer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pressing/#m4)
5. Pressing can also mean attacking hard in a fight, so that the other side is forced back. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pressing/#m5)

### In the lessons

In first aid, pressing firmly on a bleeding cut with a clean cloth helps stop the bleeding. In everyday life, we press buttons, keys and switches; press the button at a crossing and wait for the green signal. In science and art, pressing flowers between heavy books dries them flat. In stories, "a pressing problem" is one that needs solving fast. Phrases: "pressing the button", "pressing matter", "pressing on" (continuing), "pressing flowers", "keep pressing".

### Examples

- She is pressing the button for the lift. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pressing/#x1)
- Keep pressing on the cut with a clean cloth. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pressing/#x2)
- We are pressing flowers inside a big book. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pressing/#x3)
- Stop pressing so hard with your pencil. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pressing/#x4)
- The most pressing job is to find the lost dog. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pressing/#x5)
- He kept pressing me to tell him the secret. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pressing/#x6)
- Dad is pressing his shirt with the iron. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pressing/#x7)
- The tired walkers kept pressing on up the hill. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pressing/#x8)
- I'm in such pressing need of money just now. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pressing/#x9)

### Note

Spelling: press keeps both s's: pressing, pressed. "Pressing" as an adjective (urgent) goes before a noun: a pressing problem. "Press" also means newspapers and journalists ("the press"). Do not confuse "pressing" with "pressure", the force pressing on an area.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «pressing» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pressing/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«pressing» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/pressing.html) on Mova free.