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press1
1. any machine that exerts pressure to form, shape, or cut materials or to extract liquids, compress solids, or hold components together while an adhesive joint is formed
2. Weightlifting a lift in which the weight is raised to shoulder level and then above the head

press2
recruitment into military service by forcible measures, as by a press gang

press [pres]
(mechanical engineering)
Any of various machines by which pressure is applied to a workpiece, by which a material is cut or shaped under pressure, by which a substance is compressed, or by which liquid is expressed.


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aren't expected to perform quite as well as they have in the past as Swiss rival Roche presses ahead with research on a competing product, according to an analysis released Friday by Wachovia Securities.
Bush, angry at most of the world, including almost all of our allies because they won't do as they are told, presses ahead with his Iraqi war plans, figuring that if he confronts the world with a fait accompli, they'll have to go along.
Disney presses ahead in part because of the success of ``The Lion King'' in China.
 
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