Commentary:
NOTE: Includes only concrete uses including lifting weight. Includes: PRESS OUT
Examples:
Press the button to start the machine.
He pressed his face against the window.
Can you press a bit harder on my shoulders, please?
The crowd pressed against the locked doors trying to get into the building.
Press down firmly on the lever.
The children pressed holes into the clay.
Try not to press the pen too hard on the paper.
As she said it she pressed the flowers into my hand.
Then, exert pressure downward to press the baby out of the uterus.
I also pressed the liquid out of the spinach before adding to mix.
The snow pressed down on the roof.
We pressed the grapes and then bottled wine.
This guy can press 300 pounds!
Mappings:
VerbNet: push-12-1-1
FrameNet: Cause_motion
PropBank: press.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 11, 13
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
press_down_on 1
press_out 1, 2
press_down 1
Commentary: Includes: abstract uses only PRESS HOME, PRESS ON
Examples:
Don't press her to talk about it, and avoid triggering her further.
It pressed hard in the early 1990s to negotiate the UNFA.
The committee pressed him to reveal more information.
Can I press you further on.
All the children had sweets and presents pressed on them by the visitors.
He's been pressed to marry Carla.
They also pressed home the need for more commercial flexibility for farms.
Mappings:
VerbNet: force-59,urge-58.1
FrameNet: Attempt_suasion
PropBank: press.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2, 9, 14
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
press_home 1
Examples:
They pressed on, despite their severe exhaustion.
The government pressed ahead with its controversial overhaul of
mental health law.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: Cause_motion
PropBank: press.02
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
press_on 1
Examples:
Please consider the problem pressed on us.
The challenge pressed heavily on my conscience.
His failure pressed heavily on his mind as he stared at the river dejectedly.
And then another reflection pressed on her mind sorely.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: press.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 3, 8
Examples:
Advocates who pressed the suit declared victory Wednesday.
The family have decided not to press charges against him.
Once again he tried to press his case for promotion.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
Commentary: Includes: PRESS OUT
Examples:
Over 3000 copies of the CD were pressed and sent some out to college radio stations.
So the publishers pressed unreadable sectors onto their CDs.
And with things like they are, many releases don't get pressed over 1000 copies.
This band has pressed two records out in five years.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: press.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 10
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
press_out 2
Commentary:
NOTE: This is a specific meaning. This sense entails a resulting flatness of the pressed item.
Examples:
We came back from our walk, and I pressed the flowers I collected.
Press your shirt! A wrinkled shirt will make a $1000 suit look like a $50 rag.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: press.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 4, 12