PRESS OUT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does press out mean? 

• PRESS OUT (verb)
  The verb PRESS OUT has 3 senses:

1. extinguish by crushing

2. press from a plastic

3. obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action

  Familiarity information: PRESS OUT used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PRESS OUT (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Extinguish by crushing

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

crush out; extinguish; press out; stub out

Context example:

stub out your cigar

Hypernyms (to "press out" is one way to...):

end; terminate (bring to an end or halt)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Press from a plastic

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Synonyms:

press; press out

Context example:

press a record

Hypernyms (to "press out" is one way to...):

cast; mold; mould (form by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mold)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sense 3

Meaning:

Obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

express; extract; press out

Context example:

Italians express coffee rather than filter it

Hypernyms (to "press out" is one way to...):

acquire; get (come into the possession of something concrete or abstract)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "press out"):

ream (squeeze the juice out (of a fruit) with a reamer)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something