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<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>PRESIDIU</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> <A HREF="a.dic">A</A> <A HREF="b.dic">B</A> <A HREF="c.dic">C</A> <A HREF="d.dic">D</A> <A HREF="e.dic">E</A> <A HREF="f.dic">F</A> <A HREF="g.dic">G</A> <A HREF="h.dic">H</A> <A HREF="i.dic">I</A> <A HREF="j.dic">J</A> <A HREF="k.dic">K</A> <A HREF="l.dic">L</A> <A HREF="m.dic">M</A> <A HREF="n.dic">N</A> <A HREF="o.dic">O</A> <A HREF="p.dic">P</A> <A HREF="q.dic">Q</A> <A HREF="r.dic">R</A> <A HREF="s.dic">S</A> <A HREF="t.dic">T</A> <A HREF="u.dic">U</A> <A HREF="v.dic">V</A> <A HREF="w.dic">W</A> <A HREF="x.dic">X</A> <A HREF="y.dic">Y</A> <A HREF="z.dic">Z</A> <A NAME="presidium"> Presidium, noun, pl. -ia, -iums.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. (formerly) a permanent executive committee of the Supreme Soviet that acted for this legislature between its two yearly sessions. Its chairman was the head of state of the Soviet Union. <DD> 2. (formerly) the chief executive and policy-making body of the Soviet Communist Party from 1952 to 1966, thereafter officially known as the Politburo. <DD> 3. =presidium (def. 2). </DL> <A NAME="press"> press (1), verb, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>v.t. 1. to use force or weight steadily against; push with steady force; force. Ex. Press the button to ring the bell. <DD> 2. to squeeze; squeeze out. Ex. to press apples for cider. Press all the juice from the oranges. <DD> 3. to make smooth; flatten. Ex. Press clothes with an iron. ... real butterflies and vari-colored leaves, pressed between layers of vinyl plastic (New Yorker). <DD> 4. to clasp; hug. Ex. Mother pressed the baby to her. He pressed my hand in greeting. <DD> 5. to move by pushing steadily (up, down, or against). <DD> 6. to give a desired shape, texture, or condition to by pressure. Ex. to press cotton into bales, to press phonograph records, to press steel. <DD> 7. (Figurative.) to urge onward; cause to hurry. <DD> 8. (Figurative.) to keep asking (somebody) earnestly; entreat. Ex. Because it was so stormy, we pressed our guest to stay all night. <DD> 9. (Figurative.) to lay stress upon; insist on. Ex. The need for this legislation has been pressed in the Senate. <DD> 10. to constrain; compel; force. <DD> 11. (Figurative.) to urge for acceptance. Ex. to press the need for vigilance. <DD> 12. (Figurative.) to weigh heavily upon (the mind or conscience of a person). <DD> 13. (in weight lifting) to lift (a bar) in the press. <DD> 14. (Archaic.) to crowd upon; throng. <DD>v.i. 1. to use force steadily. <DD> 2. to push ahead with eagerness or haste; keep on pushing one's way. Ex. I pressed on in spite of the wind. <DD> 3. to crowd; throng. Ex. The crowd pressed about the famous actor. A great roar of a cheer went up from a crowd that was pressing all around (Edmund Wilson). <DD> 4. to iron clothes. <DD> 5. (Figurative.) to ask insistently; refer to something often and with emphasis. Ex. Don't press for an answer yet. We now agree on two of the three major principles for which we have pressed (Wall Street Journal). <DD> 6. (Figurative.) to harass; oppress; trouble. Ex. The reflection that he had wasted his time ... pressed upon his mind (Maria Edgeworth). <DD> 7. (Figurative.) to be urgent; demand prompt attention. Ex. We must be up and away at once; the hour presses. <DD>noun 1. the act or fact of pressing; pressure; push; force. Ex. Give the button a slight press and the light will go on. (Figurative.) the press of ambition. (Figurative.) The press of many duties keeps the President very busy. <DD> 2. a pressed condition. Ex. These trousers will hold a press. <DD> 3. any one of various instruments or machines for exerting pressure. Ex. a tie press, a cider press, a steel press. <DD> 4. a machine for printing; printing press. <DD> 5. an establishment for printing books, a newspaper, or the like. <DD> 6. the process or art of printing. <DD> 7. the business of printing newspapers and magazines. Ex. Many editors, writers, and printers work for the press. <DD> 8. newspapers and magazines and those who write for them. Ex. to release a story to the press, the freedom of the press. Our school picnic was reported in the press. <DD> 9. notice given in newspapers or magazines. Ex. The Senator's remarks got a good press. <DD> 10. a crowd; throng. Ex. The little boy was lost in the press. <DD> 11. the act of pressing forward or together; crowding. Ex. (Figurative.) the press of memories into his mind. <DD> 12. (Figurative.) urgency; hurry. Ex. There is no press about answering my note. <DD> 13. a cupboard or closet, as for clothes or books. <DD> 14. (in weight lifting) the lifting of a bar off the floor to the chest, holding it there a few seconds, and then putting it up over the head. <DD> 15. (Basketball.) a play in which defensive players guard offensive players closely. expr. go to press, to begin to be printed. Ex. The newspaper goes to press at midnight. </DL> <A NAME="press"> press (2), verb, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>v.t. 1a. to force into service, often for which a person is not trained, or a thing is not designed. Ex. Several mothers were pressed into service as kindergarten teachers. <DD> b. to force into naval or military service; impress. Naval officers used to visit towns and merchant ships to press men for the fleet. <DD> 2. to seize and use, as land or a building. <DD>noun 1. an impressment into service, usually naval or military. <DD> 2. an order for such impressment. </DL> <A NAME="press"> press.,<DL COMPACT><DD> pressure. </DL> <A NAME="pressagent"> press agent,<DL COMPACT><DD> an agent employed to secure favorable publicity, as for a person or organization; publicist. Ex. There are no press agents any more. They are all public relations counselors (New York Times). </DL> <A NAME="pressagent"> press-agent, transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) to give publicity to or advertise, as a press agent does, or through a press agent. Ex. [He] has not press-agented himself as an expert on schooling (Tuscaloosa News). </DL> <A NAME="pressagentry"> press-agentry, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) the profession or activities of a press agent. Ex. Many companies also fail to realize the difference between press-agentry and public relations (Time). </DL> <A NAME="pressassociation"> press association,<DL COMPACT><DD> an agency subscribed to by newspapers, that gathers and distributes news (other than local) to them. </DL> <A NAME="pressbaron"> press baron,<DL COMPACT><DD> a powerful newspaper publisher. </DL> <A NAME="pressboard"> pressboard, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a smooth pasteboard or heavy paper used in a press, as for finishing cloth. </DL> <A NAME="pressbox"> press box,<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) an enclosed space in a sports arena, usually high above the playing field, set aside for reporters. Ex. Women are barred from the press box in all major-league baseball parks, and from many a football press box as well (Newsweek). </DL> <A NAME="pressbureau"> press bureau,<DL COMPACT><DD> an office or department that does the work of a press agent. </DL> <A NAME="pressbutton"> pressbutton, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Especially British.) push button. Ex. The pressbutton marks a code on the underside of the tray (New Scientist). </DL> <A NAME="presscake"> presscake, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a cake of compressed material. Ex. Low cost protein foods have been developed from such indigenous resources as oilseed meals and presscakes (Rose and Sherman). </DL> <A NAME="presscamera"> press camera,<DL COMPACT><DD> a camera equipped for widely varying conditions of light and speed, made especially for newspaper and magazine photography. A press camera usually has a focal-plane shutter, a fitting for easily interchangeable lenses with shutters, and a synchronized range finder and flashbulb attachment. </DL> <A NAME="pressclipping"> press clipping,<DL COMPACT><DD> a piece, usually a paragraph, article, or notice, cut out from a newspaper. Ex. A selection of press clippings ... shows that 46 were hostile (Harper's). </DL> <A NAME="pressconference"> press conference, =news conference. Ex. The President gave the press conference a strong speech in defense of the foreign aid in general (Wall Street Journal). </DL> <A NAME="presscorps"> press corps,<DL COMPACT><DD> a group of newsmen from various publications and news agencies who regularly report news from a particular place. </DL> <A NAME="presscorrespondent"> press correspondent,<DL COMPACT><DD> a newspaper correspondent. </DL> <A NAME="pressedglass"> pressed glass,<DL COMPACT><DD> glass made by pressing molten glass in a mold with a plunger. </DL> <A NAME="presser"> presser, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person or thing that presses. Ex. Pressers iron the wrinkles out of the completed garments and press the inside edges of seams flat (Betsy Talbot Blackwell). </DL> <A NAME="presserfoot"> presser foot,<DL COMPACT><DD> the part of a sewing machine that holds the cloth firmly in position; foot. </DL> <A NAME="pressforge"> press-forge, transitive verb, -forged, -forging.<DL COMPACT><DD> to forge by means of a forging press. Ex. Automobile crankshafts could be press-forged at 150 per hour, compared with one-third that number for drop-forging (Burnham Finney). </DL> <A NAME="pressgallery"> press gallery,<DL COMPACT><DD> a gallery for reporters. Ex. I closely watched Senator Symington for years from the press gallery as a Senate correspondent (Harper's). </DL> <A NAME="pressgang"> press gang,<DL COMPACT><DD> a group of men formerly employed to impress other men for service, especially in the British navy or army in the 1700's. Ex. A press gang, that was in need of men for a man-of-war, came aboard and pressed poor Charles (John Galt). </DL> <A NAME="presort"> presort or pre-sort, transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> to sort (mail), usually by Zip Code, before delivery to the post office. Ex. mandatory presorting of business mail (New York Times). </DL> <A HREF="pressing.dic">NEXT</A>