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Definition of Print

1. Noun. The text appearing in a book, newspaper, or other printed publication. "I want to see it in print"

2. Verb. Put into print. "They won't print the story "; "These news should not be printed"

3. Noun. A picture or design printed from an engraving.

4. Verb. Write as if with print; not cursive.

5. Noun. A visible indication made on a surface. "Paw prints were everywhere"

6. Verb. Make into a print. "Print the negative"

7. Noun. Availability in printed form. "His book is no longer in print"

8. Verb. Reproduce by printing.

9. Noun. A copy of a movie on film (especially a particular version of it).

10. Noun. A fabric with a dyed pattern pressed onto it (usually by engraved rollers).

11. Noun. A printed picture produced from a photographic negative.

Definition of Print

1. v. t. To fix or impress, as a stamp, mark, character, idea, etc., into or upon something.

2. v. i. To use or practice the art of typography; to take impressions of letters, figures, or electrotypes, engraved plates, or the like.

3. n. A mark made by impression; a line, character, figure, or indentation, made by the pressure of one thing on another; as, the print of teeth or nails in flesh; the print of the foot in sand or snow.

Definition of Print

1. Adjective. Of, relating to, or writing for printed publications. ¹

2. Verb. (transitive) To copy something onto a surface, especially by machine. ¹

3. Verb. (transitive intransitive) To write very clearly, especially, to write without connecting the letters as in cursive. ¹

4. Verb. (transitive) To publish in a book, newspaper, etc. ¹

5. Noun. Books and other material created by printing presses, considered collectively or as a medium. ¹

6. Noun. Clear handwriting, especially, writing without connected letters as in cursive. ¹

7. Noun. The letters forming the text of a document. ¹

8. Noun. A visible impression on a surface. ¹

9. Noun. A fingerprint. ¹

10. Noun. A footprint. ¹

11. Noun. (context: visual art) A picture that was created in multiple copies by printing. ¹

12. Noun. (context: photography) A photograph that has been printed onto paper from the negative. ¹

13. Noun. (context: motion pictures) A copy of a film that can be projected. ¹

14. Noun. Cloth that has had a pattern of dye printed onto it. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Print

1. to produce by pressed type on a surface [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Print

principles principlism principlist principlists princock princocks princox princoxes pringleite prink

prinked prinker prinkers prinking prinks print (current term) print-disabled print-on-demand print-through print buffer

print disabled print head print heads print media print on demand print out print over print run print seller print shop

Literary usage of Print

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Comparative Studies in Nursery Rhymes by Lina Eckenstein (1906)
"COMPARATIVE STUDIES IN NURSERY RHYMES CHAPTER I FIRST APPEARANCE OF RHYMES IN print THE study of folk-lore has given a new interest to much that seemed ..."

2. Illustrated Catalogue of Carbon Prints on the Rise and Progress of Greek and by Frank Bigelow Tarbell, Theodore Woolsey Heermance (1897)
"WHAT IS A CARBON print? Many are not familiar with exactly what a carbon print is. ... A carbon print, or carbon photograph, both terms being often used, ..."

3. Some Literary Recollections by James Payn (1884)
"Unhappily the feat of narrating one's own life in print can only be performed once. I should like to do it ever so many times, regarding myself in each case ..."

4. Here, There and Everywhere by Frederick Spencer Hamilton (1921)
"HERE, THERE AND EVERYWHERE CHAPTER I An ideal form of travel for the elderly—A claim to roam at will in print—An invitation to a big-game shoot—Details of ..."

5. Opportunities and Requirements in Local Occupations by Detroit (Mich.). Board of Education (1922)
"BLUE print WORKER Makes blue prints. Cares for machine. Sometimes files tracings. ... Intense light of blue print machine may injure eyes. None. None. ..."

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