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Definition of Press out
1. Verb. Extinguish by crushing. "Stub out your cigar"
2. Verb. Press from a plastic. "Press a record"
3. Verb. Obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action. "Italians express coffee rather than filter it"
Specialized synonyms: Ream
Generic synonyms: Acquire, Get
Derivative terms: Expression, Extract, Extractible
Definition of Press out
1. Verb. Extinguish by crushing; as a cigar. ¹
2. Verb. Obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action. ¹
3. Verb. Press from a plastic, as of records. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Press Out
Literary usage of Press out
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. American State Trials: A Collection of the Important and Interesting by John Davison Lawson, Robert Lorenzo Howard (1916)
"... thereupon some of the prisoners at once entered the warehouse, threw the press
out of the window, and broke it up with a sledge-hammer. ..."
2. The Southern Planter (1852)
"on every square with the handle; repeat until full, and turn the mould the other
end up— place the handle on the stamp and press out the butter. ..."
3. Biennial Report by Kansas State Horticultural Society, British Soviet Friendship Society (1922)
"If a light-colored juice is desired place the crushed grapes in a stout bag and
press out the juice or let it drip through. After the juice is obtained ..."
4. Dr. Chase's Family Physician, Farrier, Bee-keeper, and Second Receipt Book by Alvin Wood Chase (1874)
"... table-spoonful of this mixture pour on boiling water, £ pt., and steep well,
strain and press out, and sweeten with white sugar to be palatable, and, ..."
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