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Synset

exert pressure or force to or upon
<verb.contact>   freq. cnt.: 32 freq. cnt.: 32

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sample sentences

"He pressed down on the boards"
"press your thumb on this spot"

verb frames

Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
Somebody ----s PP
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
pressing pressure press pressure
semantic pointers
hypernym
touch
hyponym
squeeze squeeze, crush, squash, mash, squelch grind, crunch, cranch, craunch bear down, press down on, drag down, bear down on, weigh down knuckle push